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Haitian Creole vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Haiti  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Cuba  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
University of Sarajevo  

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".
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Mèsi  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Souple  
molim vas  

Sorry
Dezole  
Oprostite  

Bye
Babay  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
29
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
bosniaque  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Bosnian  

Language Position
99  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
bos  

ISO 639 3
hat  
bos  

ISO 639 6
hat  
boss  

Glottocode
hait1244  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Haitian Creole and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Haitian Creole vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Haitian Creole and Bosnian language. History of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Haitian Creole and Bosnian Language History.

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Haitian Creole and Bosnian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Haitian Creole and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Bosnian language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Haitian Creole vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Haitian Creole vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Haitian Creole and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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