Countries
India
  
Haiti
  
National Language
India
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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
Marathi
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Chike
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Babay
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
konkani
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani 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 Konkani and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Haitian Creole language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Konkani vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.