Countries
Haiti
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Souple
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
binu
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Haitian Creole and Yoruba Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Haitian Creole and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Yoruba language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Haitian Creole and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.