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Haitian Creole and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Haiti  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Bonjou  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Souple  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Dezole  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Babay  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Cap-Haitien  

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

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Русский  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
russe  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Russisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
7  
7
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
hat  

ISO 639 3
rus  
hat  

ISO 639 6
rus  
hat  

Glottocode
russ1263  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Russian and Haitian Creole Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Russian and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Haitian Creole on Russian vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Haitian Creole Language Codes

Russian and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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