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Arabic and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Haiti  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Bonjou  

Thank You
شكرا  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
من فضلك  
Souple  

Sorry
آسف  
Dezole  

Bye
وداعا  
Babay  

I Love You
أحبك  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
arabe  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Arabisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Haitians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
17th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
25  
23
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
hat  

ISO 639 3
ara  
hat  

ISO 639 6
ara  
hat  

Glottocode
arab1395  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

Arabic and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole on Arabic vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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