Countries
Haiti
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Haiti
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
National Council for the Maltese Language
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".
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
French Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2930
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bonjou
Ħello
Thank You
Mèsi
Grazzi
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Kif int?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Bonswa
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Souple
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Dezole
Skużani!
Bye
Babay
Ċaw
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Qormi
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Malta
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Malta
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Not Present
Where They Speak
Cayes
-
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Malti
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Malti
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
maltais
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Maltese
Origin
17th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Maltese
Language Position
9925
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
hat
mlt
ISO 639 3
hat
mlt
ISO 639 6
hat
mlt
Glottocode
hait1244
malt1254
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic