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Persian vs Haitian Creole


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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Haiti  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Bonjou  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
لطفا  
Souple  

Sorry
متاسف  
Dezole  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Babay  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
9.60 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
persan  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Persisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
23  
19
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
hat  

ISO 639 3
pes  
hat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
58-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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Persian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Haitian Creole language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Persian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Persian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Persian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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