Countries
Haiti
  
Sri Lanka
  
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 in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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
Haitian Creole and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.