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Russian and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Haiti   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Bonjou   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Souple   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Dezole   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Babay   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
russe   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Russisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Haitians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
7   
7
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
hat   

ISO 639 3
rus   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Russian 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 Russian and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. 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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Russian and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Russian and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Haitian Creole on Russian vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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