Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
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
Poland
Cuba
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- 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
Latvian
French Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3229
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Bonjou
Thank You
Ačiū
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Labanakt
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Bon apre-midi
Please
Prašom
Souple
Sorry
atsiprašau
Dezole
Bye
Ate
Babay
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Cayes
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
lituanien
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Litauisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Haitians
Origin
c. 1503
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Haitian Creole
Language Position
4499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
hat
ISO 639 2/B
lit
hat
ISO 639 3
lit
hat
ISO 639 6
lit
hat
Glottocode
lith1251
hait1244
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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