Countries
Haiti
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Haiti
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
French Language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Kaixo
Thank You
Mèsi
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Gabon
Good Evening
Bonswa
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Egun on
Please
Souple
Mesedez
Sorry
Dezole
Barkatu
Bye
Babay
Agur
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
France
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Souletin
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Cayes
Spain
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Euskara
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
basque
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Basque people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Basque
Language Position
9930
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ht
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
eus
ISO 639 2/B
hat
baq
ISO 639 3
hat
eus
ISO 639 6
hat
eus
Glottocode
hait1244
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative