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Haitian Creole and Norwegian


Norwegian and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Haiti  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Cuba  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
Norwegian Language 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".
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou  
hallo  

Thank You
Mèsi  
takk  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
god natt  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
god morgen  

Please
Souple  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Dezole  
unnskyld  

Bye
Babay  
ha det  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
29
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Norsk  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
99  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hat  
nor  

ISO 639 6
hat  
nor  

Glottocode
hait1244  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Haitian Creole and Norwegian Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Haitian Creole vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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