Countries
Haiti
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- 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".
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Souple
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Babay
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
bengali
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available