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Haitian Creole vs Dutch


Dutch vs Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Haiti  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Cuba  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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".
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
French Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou  
Hallo  

Thank You
Mèsi  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
goedemorgen  

Please
Souple  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Dezole  
sorry  

Bye
Babay  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
29
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
99  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
dut  

ISO 639 3
hat  
nld  

ISO 639 6
hat  
nld  

Glottocode
hait1244  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Haitian Creole and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Haitian Creole vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Haitian Creole and Dutch language. History of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Haitian Creole and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Dutch language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Haitian Creole vs Dutch Difficulty

The Haitian Creole vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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