Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malaysia
Haiti
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Thailand
Cuba
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
French Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hai
Bonjou
Thank You
terima kasih
Mèsi
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Bon apre-midi
Please
sila
Souple
Sorry
maaf
Dezole
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Babay
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
30,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
malais
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Malaiisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Haitians
Origin
c. 683 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Haitian Creole
Language Position
5499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
hat
ISO 639 2/B
may
hat
ISO 639 3
zsm
hat
ISO 639 6
may
hat
Glottocode
stan1306
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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