Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Haiti
National Language
Portugal
Haiti
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Cuba
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
French Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
boa noite
Bon nwit
Good Evening
boa Noite
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bon apre-midi
I Love You
Eu te amo
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Brazil
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Portugal
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Cayes
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Português
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
portugais
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Haitians
Origin
3rd Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
hait1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Haitian Creole language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.