Countries
Haiti
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Haiti
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa
Minority Language
Cuba
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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".
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
French Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2921
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2016
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bonjou
ete-sen
Thank You
Mèsi
meda ase
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Bon nwit
maadwo
Good Evening
Bonswa
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
maaha
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
maakye
Please
Souple
wae
Sorry
Dezole
Kafra
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Eskize m
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Asante
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Fante
Where They Speak
Cayes
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Akan
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Twi, Fante
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
akan
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Akan people
Origin
17th Century
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Akan
Language Position
99104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ht
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
aka
ISO 639 2/B
hat
aka
ISO 639 3
hat
aka
ISO 639 6
hat
aka
Glottocode
hait1244
akan1251
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-