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Maltese vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Haiti  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Cuba  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects  
French Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
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
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Bonjou  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Souple  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Dezole  

Bye
Ċaw  
Babay  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Cap-Haitien  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Port-au-Prince  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Cayes  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
maltais  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Haitians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
17th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
Not Available  
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
hat  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
hat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Maltese and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Haitian Creole language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Maltese vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Maltese vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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