Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Haiti
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Olonets
Port-au-Prince
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Cayes
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
hait1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian 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 Russian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Haitian Creole language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Russian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.