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Haitian Creole Language



Countries

Countries
Haiti

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Haiti

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America

Minority Language
Cuba

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)

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".

Similar To
French Language

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
29 11

Phonology

How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
20 10

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou

Thank You
Mèsi

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?

Good Night
Bon nwit

Good Evening
Bonswa

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi

Please
Souple

Sorry
Dezole

Bye
Babay

I Love You
Mwen renmen w

Excuse Me
Eskize m

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00 35

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00 34

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole

Where They Speak
Cayes

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00 29

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million 54

Speaking Population
0.15 % 52

Native Speakers
9.60 million 46

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million 38

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]

Ethnicity
Haitians

History

Origin
17th Century

Language Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole

Language Position
99 75

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
ht

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
hat

ISO 639 2/B
hat

ISO 639 3
hat

ISO 639 6
hat

Glottocode
hait1244

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Haitian Creole language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Haitian Creole language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Haitian Creole language states that it was put to use in 17th Century. The history of Haitian Creole language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Haitian Creole Language History. Haitian Creole has no early forms. Haitian Creole is the standard form of Haitian Creole language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Haitian Creole Language.

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Haitian Creole population

Haitian Creole population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Haitian Creole language. Haitian Creole language is spoken by 9.60 million people in the world. Most of the Haitian Creole population lies in the Haitian Creole Speaking Countries. Haitian Creole language is spoken as first language by 9.60 million people and as second language by about 12.00 million people. Get to know Haitian Creole speaking population in detail.

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Haitian Creole writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Haitian Creole writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Haitian Creole language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Haitian Creole language. Learn more about . 

Information about Haitian Creole language

Check out all the information about Haitian Creole language here. You may find it interesting to learn Haitian Creole Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Haitian Creole Speaking Countries, Haitian Creole speaking continents and Haitian Creole Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Haitian Creole countries knowing common Haitian Creole Greetings will help you in communicating with Haitian Creole people.

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