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Japanese vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Haiti  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Palau  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Bonjou  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Souple  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Dezole  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Babay  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Port-au-Prince  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Cayes  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
9.60 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
japonais  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Japanisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1185  
17th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
8  
8
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
hat  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
hat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Haitian Creole language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Haitian Creole Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Haitian Creole language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Japanese vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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