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Javanese vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Haiti   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Bonjou   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Not Available   
Souple   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Dezole   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Babay   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cap-Haitien   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
9.60 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
javanais   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Javanisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Haitians   

History

Origin
450 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
11   
10
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
hat   

ISO 639 3
jav   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Javanese and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Haitian Creole language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Javanese vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Javanese vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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