Countries
Haiti
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Haitian Creole and Latvian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Haitian Creole and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Latvian language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Latvian Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Latvian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Haitian Creole and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.