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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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)
Pan South African Language Board
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".
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
French Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2957
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2050
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
Sawubona
Thank You
Mèsi
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
unjani
Good Night
Bon nwit
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Bonswa
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Souple
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Dezole
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Cayes
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
zoulou
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Zulu people
Origin
17th Century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Deep Zulu
Language Position
9987
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
zul
ISO 639 2/B
hat
zul
ISO 639 3
hat
zul
ISO 639 6
hat
zul
Glottocode
hait1244
zulu1248
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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