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Finnish and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Haiti  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Bonjou  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
haluta  
Souple  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Dezole  

Bye
Heippa  
Babay  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
finnois  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1543  
17th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
22  
20
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 3
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 6
fin  
hat  

Glottocode
finn1318  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

Finnish and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Haitian Creole on Finnish vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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