Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Haiti
National Language
France
Haiti
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Cuba
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
French Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Bon nwit
Good Evening
bonsoir
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Bonjour
Bon apre-midi
Please
S'il vous plaît
Souple
I Love You
Je t'aime
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Cap-Haitien
Dialect 2
African French
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Africa
Port-au-Prince
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Cayes
Native Name
français
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Français
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
français
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Französisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
French people
Haitians
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
hait1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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French 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 French and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Haitian Creole language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common French Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The French vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.