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 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 Somali and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Haitian Creole language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Somali vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.