Countries
Nigeria
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Haiti
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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".
Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3220
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Bonjou
Thank You
gode ku
Mèsi
How Are You?
yaya dai
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Bon nwit
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Bon apre-midi
Please
Don Allah
Souple
Sorry
yi hakuri
Dezole
Bye
sai anjima
Babay
I Love You
Ina son ku
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ghana
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Niger
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Niger
Cayes
How Many People Speak
50.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
haoussa
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Haitians
Origin
14
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Haitian Creole
Language Position
3499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
hat
ISO 639 2/B
hau
hat
ISO 639 3
hau
hat
ISO 639 6
hau
hat
Glottocode
haus1257
hait1244
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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