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Italian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Haiti   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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".
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Bonjou   

Thank You
grazie   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Per Favore   
Souple   

Sorry
scusate   
Dezole   

Bye
arrivederci   
Babay   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
italien   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Italienisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Haitians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
27   
23
99   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
hat   

ISO 639 3
ita   
hat   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Italian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Haitian Creole language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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Italian and Haitian Creole 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 Italian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Haitian Creole language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Italian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Italian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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