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Akan vs Latvian


Latvian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ghana   
Latvia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Sveiki   

Thank You
meda ase   
Paldies   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Labdien   

Good Morning
maakye   
Labrīt   

Please
wae   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Kafra   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
bye   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lettish   

French Name
akan   
letton   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
15   
1530   

Language Family
Niger-Congo 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
Akan   
Latvian   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
lav   

ISO 639 3
aka   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Akan and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Latvian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Latvian Language History.

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Akan 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 Akan and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Latvian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Latvian Difficulty

The Akan vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan 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 Akan and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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