Sinhalese and Haitian Creole
Countries
Sri Lanka
Haiti
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 in
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HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Eskize m
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
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
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.
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
Sinhalese and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.