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Haitian Creole vs Swedish


Swedish vs Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Haiti  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Cuba  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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".
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
Mèsi  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
god morgon  

Please
Souple  
vänligen  

Sorry
Dezole  
ledsen  

Bye
Babay  
hej då  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
France  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
29
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
suédois  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
17th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
99  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
swe  

ISO 639 3
hat  
swe  

ISO 639 6
hat  
swe  

Glottocode
hait1244  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Haitian Creole and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Haitian Creole vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Haitian Creole and Swedish language. History of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Haitian Creole vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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