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Haitian Creole and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Haiti   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
Bonjou   

Thank You
Gracias   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Por Favor   
Souple   

Sorry
triste   
Dezole   

Bye
adiós   
Babay   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Spanisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Haitians   

History

Origin
210 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
2   
2
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
hat   

ISO 639 3
spa   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

Spanish and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Haitian Creole on Spanish vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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