Countries
Haiti
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Haiti
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Cuba
Yemen
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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".
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
French Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bonjou
Hello
Thank You
Mèsi
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Bonswa
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Souple
Fadlan
Sorry
Dezole
sorry
Bye
Babay
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Eskize m
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Cayes
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
somali
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Somali
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Somalis
Origin
17th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Somali
Language Position
9983
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
som
ISO 639 2/B
hat
som
ISO 639 3
hat
som
ISO 639 6
hat
som
Glottocode
hait1244
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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