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Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole

Swahili
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Haitian Creole and Swahili

Countries

Countries

Haiti
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Haiti
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Central America, North America
Africa

Minority Language

Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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".
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

French Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2924
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Bonjou
Habari

Thank You

Mèsi
Asante

How Are You?

Kijan ou yé?
Habari gani?

Good Night

Bon nwit
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Bonswa
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Bon apre-midi
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Bon apre-midi
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Souple
tafadhali

Sorry

Dezole
pole

Bye

Babay
bye

I Love You

Mwen renmen w
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Eskize m
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Haitian Creole
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Cap-Haitien
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Haitian Creole
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Port-au-Prince
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Haitian Creole
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Cayes
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

312
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.60 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.15 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.60 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kreyòl ayisyen
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

haïtien; créole haïtien
swahili

German Name

Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Swahili

Pronunciation

[kɣejɔl]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Haitians
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

17th Century
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Haitian Creole
Swahili

Language Position

9921
1 120
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Signed Forms

Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ht
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hat
swa

ISO 639 2/B

hat
swa

ISO 639 3

hat
swa

ISO 639 6

hat
swa

Glottocode

hait1244
swah1254

Linguasphere

51-AAC-cb
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Haitian Creole and Swahili Alphabets

Haitian Creole and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Haitian Creole and Swahili. In Haitian Creole Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Haitian Creole and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Haitian Creole and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Haitian Creole and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Haitian Creole and Swahili Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Haitian Creole vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Swahili Language Codes

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