Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Souple
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Dezole
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
somali
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Somali
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Haitians
  
Origin
19th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali and Haitian Creole Speaking population
Somali and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Haitian Creole on Somali vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Haitian Creole Language Codes
Somali and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.