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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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