Cantonese and Haitian Creole
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Haiti
National Language
China, Guangdong
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Hawaii
Cuba
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Kijan ou yé?
Good Afternoon
下午好
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
早上好
Bon apre-midi
I Love You
我爱你
Mwen renmen w
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Cap-Haitien
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Port-au-Prince
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Cayes
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
Not Available
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
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Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
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Haitians
Origin
17th century
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Haitian Creole
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ht
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
hat
ISO 639 2/B
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hat
ISO 639 3
No data available
hat
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Haitian Creole Speaking population
Cantonese and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Haitian Creole on Cantonese vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Haitian Creole Language Codes
Cantonese and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.