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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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