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Romanian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Haiti   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
French Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Bonjou   

Thank You
multumesc   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Vă Rog   
Souple   

Sorry
scuze   
Dezole   

Bye
La revedere   
Babay   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Haitians   

History

Origin
1521   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
36   
28
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
hat   

ISO 639 3
ron   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Haitian Creole language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Romanian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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