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Haitian Creole
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Haitian Creole and French

Countries

Countries

Haiti
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Haiti
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Central America, North America
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Cuba
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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".
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

French Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Bonjou
bonjour

Thank You

Mèsi
Merci

How Are You?

Kijan ou yé?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Bon nwit
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Bonswa
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Bon apre-midi
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Bon apre-midi
Bonjour

Please

Souple
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Dezole
désolé

Bye

Babay
au revoir

I Love You

Mwen renmen w
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Eskize m
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Haitian Creole
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Cap-Haitien
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Haitian Creole
African French

Where They Speak

Port-au-Prince
Africa

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Haitian Creole
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Cayes
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.60 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.15 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.60 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kreyòl ayisyen
français

Alternative Names

Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Français

French Name

haïtien; créole haïtien
français

German Name

Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Französisch

Pronunciation

[kɣejɔl]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Haitians
French people

History

Origin

17th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Haitian Creole
Standard French

Language Position

9913
1 120
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Signed Forms

Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ht
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hat
fra

ISO 639 2/B

hat
fre

ISO 639 3

hat
fra

ISO 639 6

hat
fras

Glottocode

hait1244
stan1290

Linguasphere

51-AAC-cb
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Haitian Creole and French Alphabets

Haitian Creole and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Haitian Creole and French. In Haitian Creole Alphabets there are 29 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Haitian Creole and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Haitian Creole and French languages. The Haitian Creole phonology consist Haitian Creole vowels and Haitian Creole consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Haitian Creole greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Haitian Creole and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Haitian Creole and French Speaking population

Haitian Creole and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and French languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Haitian Creole vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and French Language Codes

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