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Haitian Creole and Amharic


Amharic and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
Not Available   

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   

History

Origin
17th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Amharic   

Language Position
99   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Haitian Creole and Amharic 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 Haitian Creole and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Haitian Creole and Amharic Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Haitian Creole and Amharic on Haitian Creole vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Amharic Language Codes

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

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