Countries
Countries
Meghalaya
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Haiti
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
-
Cuba
Regulated By
-
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
French Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1420
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Kumno
Bonjou
Thank You
Khublei
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
thia sukh
Bon nwit
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
khublei
Bon apre-midi
Please
Sngewbha
Souple
Sorry
Map
Dezole
Bye
khublei
Babay
I Love You
ieit ieit
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
map a nga
Eskize m
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
khasi
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Haitians
History
Origin
1200 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Haitian Creole
Language Position
4099
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
hat
ISO 639 2/B
kha
hat
ISO 639 3
kha
hat
ISO 639 6
kha
hat
Glottocode
khas1269
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-