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Bengali and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Haiti  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
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  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
French Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Bonjou  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Souple  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Dezole  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Babay  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
India  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
bengali  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Bengali  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
4  
4
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
hat  

ISO 639 3
ben  
hat  

ISO 639 6
ben  
hat  

Glottocode
beng1280  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bengali 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 Bengali and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. 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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Bengali and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Bengali and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Haitian Creole on Bengali vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Haitian Creole Language Codes

Bengali and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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