Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Haiti
National Language
Spain
Haiti
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Cuba
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 Language
French Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Bon apre-midi
I Love You
Te Quiero
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Mexico
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Cuba
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Cayes
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
espagnol; castillan
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Spanisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Haitians
Origin
210 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
hait1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Spanish 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 Spanish and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Haitian Creole language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Spanish vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.