Countries
Haiti
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Pakistan
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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".
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
French Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Mèsi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Bon nwit
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Bonswa
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Souple
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Dezole
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Babay
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Eskize m
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Cayes
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
pachto
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Pashtun
Origin
17th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
9982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
pus
ISO 639 2/B
hat
pus
ISO 639 3
hat
pus
ISO 639 6
hat
pus
Glottocode
hait1244
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional