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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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