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Malaysian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Haiti   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Bonjou   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
sila   
Souple   

Sorry
maaf   
Dezole   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Babay   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

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

French Name
malais   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Haitians   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
54   
39
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
hat   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Malaysian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Haitian Creole language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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