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Haitian Creole and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Haiti   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Cuba   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

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".
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Mèsi   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Souple   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Dezole   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Babay   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
singhalais   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
99   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
sin   

ISO 639 3
hat   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Haitian Creole and Sinhalese 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 Haitian Creole and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Haitian Creole and Sinhalese Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Haitian Creole and Sinhalese on Haitian Creole vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Sinhalese Language Codes

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