Countries
Haiti
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Middle East
Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
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".
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
French Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Silaw
Thank You
Mèsi
Sipas
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Bonswa
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Bayanit bash
Please
Souple
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Dezole
Bibûre
Bye
Babay
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Cayes
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
kurde
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Kurds
Origin
17th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Kurdish
Language Position
9914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ht
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
kur
ISO 639 2/B
hat
kur
ISO 639 3
hat
kur
ISO 639 6
hat
kur
Glottocode
hait1244
kurd1259
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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