Chinese and Haitian Creole
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Haiti
National Language
China, Taiwan
Haiti
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cuba
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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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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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Bonjou
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Mèsi
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bon apre-midi
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Wu
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Cayes
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
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Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
chinois
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Chinesisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
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[kɣejɔl]
Origin
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
hait1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Haitian Creole Speaking population
Chinese and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Haitian Creole on Chinese vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Haitian Creole Language Codes
Chinese and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.