Countries
Japan
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Palau
Cuba
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1420
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Bonjou
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Mèsi
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Bon apre-midi
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Souple
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Dezole
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Babay
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
kansai
Cayes
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
japonais
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Japanisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Haitians
Origin
1185
17th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Haitian Creole
Language Position
899
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
hat
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
hat
ISO 639 3
jpn
hat
ISO 639 6
jpn
hat
Glottocode
nucl1643
hait1244
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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