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Haitian Creole and Dutch


Dutch and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Haiti  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Cuba  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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".
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
French Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou  
Hallo  

Thank You
Mèsi  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
goedemorgen  

Please
Souple  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Dezole  
sorry  

Bye
Babay  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
29
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
99  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
dut  

ISO 639 3
hat  
nld  

ISO 639 6
hat  
nld  

Glottocode
hait1244  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Haitian Creole and Dutch Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Haitian Creole vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Dutch Language Codes

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

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