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Arabic and Latvian


Latvian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Sveiki  

Thank You
شكرا  
Paldies  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Labdien  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Labrīt  

Please
من فضلك  
lūdzu  

Sorry
آسف  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
وداعا  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
أحبك  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Lettish  

French Name
arabe  
letton  

German Name
Arabisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1530  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Baltic  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Latvian  

Language Position
25  
23
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
lav  

ISO 639 3
ara  
lav  

ISO 639 6
ara  
lav  

Glottocode
arab1395  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Latvian Speaking population

Arabic and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Latvian on Arabic vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Latvian Language Codes

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