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German and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Haiti  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Bonjou  

Thank You
Danke  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
bitte  
Souple  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Dezole  

Bye
Tschüs  
Babay  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Deutsch  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
allemand  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Deutsch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Haitians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
9  
9
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hat  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hat  

ISO 639 6
deus  
hat  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

German and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of German and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Haitian Creole on German vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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