Countries
Haiti
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Haiti
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Europe
Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Latvian State Language Center
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".
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
French Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bonjou
Sveiki
Thank You
Mèsi
Paldies
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Bon nwit
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Bonswa
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
Labdien
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
Labrīt
Please
Souple
lūdzu
Sorry
Dezole
Piedodiet!
Bye
Babay
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Eskize m
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Livonian
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Latvia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Latvia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Cayes
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.60 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Lettish
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
letton
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
17th Century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Latvian
Language Position
999
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ht
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
lav
ISO 639 2/B
hat
lav
ISO 639 3
hat
lav
ISO 639 6
hat
lav
Glottocode
hait1244
latv1249
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic