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Romanian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Haiti  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Bonjou  

Thank You
multumesc  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
Vă Rog  
Souple  

Sorry
scuze  
Dezole  

Bye
La revedere  
Babay  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Port-au-Prince  

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

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Română  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1521  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
36  
33
99  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
hat  

ISO 639 3
ron  
hat  

ISO 639 6
ron  
hat  

Glottocode
roma1327  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Romanian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Haitian Creole language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Romanian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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