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Countries

Countries
Norway  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Haiti  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Bonjou  

Thank You
takk  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
god natt  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
Vær så snill  
Souple  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Dezole  

Bye
ha det  
Babay  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Norsk  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Haitians  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
18  
16
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
hat  

ISO 639 3
nor  
hat  

ISO 639 6
nor  
hat  

Glottocode
norw1258  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
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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Norwegian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Haitian Creole language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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