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Norwegian and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Haiti   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Bonjou   

Thank You
takk   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
god natt   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Vær så snill   
Souple   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Dezole   

Bye
ha det   
Babay   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
9.60 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Haitians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
Not Available   
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
hat   

ISO 639 3
nor   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Norwegian and Haitian Creole Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Norwegian and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Haitian Creole on Norwegian vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Haitian Creole Language Codes

Norwegian and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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