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Malaysian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Musi  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
12.00 million  
38

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  

History

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
54  
99+
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Malaysian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Haitian Creole language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Malaysian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Malaysian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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