Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Haiti
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Haiti
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Central America, North America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Cuba
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Bon nwit
Good Evening
goedenavond
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Bon apre-midi
Please
alsjeblieft
Souple
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
pardon
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Gronings
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Cayes
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Niederländisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Haitians
Origin
AD 450-500
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mode1257
hait1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch and Haitian Creole Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Haitian Creole language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Dutch vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Haitian Creole Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.