Countries
Haiti
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa
Minority Language
Cuba
Botswana, Lesotho
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".
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
French Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2043
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Molo
Thank You
Mèsi
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Unjani
Good Night
Bon nwit
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Bonswa
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Molo
Please
Souple
Ndicela
Sorry
Dezole
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Babay
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Thembu
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Cayes
South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
xhosa
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Haitians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
isiXhosa
Language Position
9921
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
xho
ISO 639 2/B
hat
xho
ISO 639 3
hat
xho
ISO 639 6
hat
xho
Glottocode
hait1244
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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