Countries
Haiti
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Europe
Minority Language
Cuba
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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".
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
French Language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2936
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Mèsi
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Bon nwit
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Bonswa
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
mirëdita
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
mirëmengjes
Please
Souple
Ju lutem
Sorry
Dezole
Me fal
Bye
Babay
mirupafshim
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Më falni
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Cayes
Italy
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Shqip
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
albanais
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Albanians
Origin
17th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Standard Albanian
Language Position
9914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
hat
alb
ISO 639 3
hat
sqi
ISO 639 6
hat
sqi
Glottocode
hait1244
alba1267
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic