Countries
Haiti
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Botswana, Mozambique, 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
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".
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
French Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2937
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2046
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
Mhoro
Thank You
Mèsi
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Bonswa
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Masikati
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Mangwanani
Please
Souple
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Dezole
Ndineurombo
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Karanga
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Cayes
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
chiShona
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
shona
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Shona people
Origin
17th Century
20th 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
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Standard Shona
Language Position
99107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
sna
ISO 639 2/B
hat
sna
ISO 639 3
hat
sna
ISO 639 6
hat
sna
Glottocode
hait1244
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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