Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Haiti
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
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
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1530
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
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
not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Haitian Creole 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 Latvian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Haitian Creole language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Latvian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Latvian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.