Countries
European Union, Latvia
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Lithuanian Language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Bonjou
Thank You
Paldies
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Labvakar
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Labrīt
Bon apre-midi
Please
lūdzu
Souple
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Dezole
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Babay
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Livonian
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Latvia
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Latvia
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Lettish
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
letton
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Lettisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Haitians
Origin
1530
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Haitian Creole
Language Position
999
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
hat
ISO 639 2/B
lav
hat
ISO 639 3
lav
hat
ISO 639 6
lav
hat
Glottocode
latv1249
hait1244
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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