Countries
Haiti
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa
Minority Language
Cuba
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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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".
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
French Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2032
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
sannu
Thank You
Mèsi
gode ku
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
yaya dai
Good Night
Bon nwit
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Bonswa
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
barka da rana
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
mai kyau safe
Please
Souple
Don Allah
Sorry
Dezole
yi hakuri
Bye
Babay
sai anjima
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Eskize m
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Niger
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Cayes
Niger
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
haoussa
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
17th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Language Position
9934
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
hau
ISO 639 2/B
hat
hau
ISO 639 3
hat
hau
ISO 639 6
hat
hau
Glottocode
hait1244
haus1257
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional