Countries
Haiti
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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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".
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
French Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Selam
Thank You
Mèsi
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Bonswa
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Souple
i'bakwon
Sorry
Dezole
aznallehu
Bye
Babay
tschao
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Eskize m
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Gondar
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Gondar
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Showa
Where They Speak
Cayes
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
amharique
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Amharas
Origin
17th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Amharic
Language Position
9955
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
amh
ISO 639 2/B
hat
amh
ISO 639 3
hat
amh
ISO 639 6
hat
amh
Glottocode
hait1244
amha1245
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional