Countries
Haiti
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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".
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
French Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2921
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2016
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Hoy
Thank You
Mèsi
Salamat
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Bonswa
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Maayong Buntag
Please
Souple
Palihug
Sorry
Dezole
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Babay
Babay
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Boholano
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Bohol
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
North Kana
Where They Speak
Cayes
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Visayan
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
cebuano
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Cebuano people
Origin
17th Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
9962
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
hat
ceb
ISO 639 3
hat
ceb
ISO 639 6
hat
ceb
Glottocode
hait1244
cebu1242
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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