Countries
Countries
Haiti
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa
Minority Language
Cuba
Zambia
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".
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
French Language
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Bonjou
Moni
Thank You
Mèsi
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Bonswa
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Souple
Chonde
Sorry
Dezole
pepani
Bye
Babay
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Pepani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Cayes
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Chewa people
History
Origin
17th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Chewa
Language Position
9927
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ht
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
nya
ISO 639 2/B
hat
nya
ISO 639 3
hat
nya
ISO 639 6
hat
nya
Glottocode
hait1244
nyan1308
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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