Countries
United States of America
  
Haiti
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
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
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- 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
Apache Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
navaho
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
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
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Navajo 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 Navajo and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Haitian Creole language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Navajo vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo 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 Navajo and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.