Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Dezole
  
Bye
bye
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
shona
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Haitians
  
Origin
20th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
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
  
Shona 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 Shona and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Haitian Creole language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Shona vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.