Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Somalia
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- 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
Somali 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
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Souple
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Port-au-Prince
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
galla
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Haitians
  
Origin
16
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo 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 Oromo and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Haitian Creole language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Oromo vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo 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 Oromo and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.