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Sinhalese and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Haiti   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Cuba   

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

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

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Bonjou   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Mèsi   

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

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
Bonswa   

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

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

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Souple   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Dezole   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Babay   

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

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Cap-Haitien   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

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

French Name
singhalais   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Haitians   

History

Origin
3   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
70   
99+
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
hat   

ISO 639 3
sin   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Sinhalese and Haitian Creole Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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