Countries
Madagascar
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
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French Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
azafady
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Port-au-Prince
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
malgache
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Haitian Creole language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.