Countries
Haiti
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cuba
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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".
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
French Language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Mèsi
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Bon nwit
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Bonswa
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Souple
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Dezole
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Babay
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Greece
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Griko
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Italy
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Cayes
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
17th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Modern Greek
Language Position
9974
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
ell
ISO 639 2/B
hat
gre
ISO 639 3
hat
ell
ISO 639 6
hat
ells
Glottocode
hait1244
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic