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Amharic and Latvian


Latvian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Ethiopic  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Sveiki  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Labdien  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Labrīt  

Please
i'bakwon  
lūdzu  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
tschao  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Lettish  

French Name
amharique  
letton  

German Name
Amharisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
13th century  
1530  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Baltic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Latvian  

Language Position
55  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
lav  

ISO 639 3
amh  
lav  

ISO 639 6
amh  
lav  

Glottocode
amha1245  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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All Amharic and Latvian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Latvian Speaking population

Amharic and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Latvian on Amharic vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Latvian Language Codes

Amharic and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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