Countries
Haiti
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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".
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
French Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
724
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bonjou
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Mèsi
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Bon nwit
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Bonswa
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Souple
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Dezole
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Babay
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Eskize m
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Wu
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Yue
Where They Speak
Cayes
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
chinois
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Han
Origin
17th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Standard Chinese
Language Position
991
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
zho
ISO 639 2/B
hat
chi
ISO 639 3
hat
zho
ISO 639 6
hat
zho
Glottocode
hait1244
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating