Countries
Nigeria
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Latvia
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3224
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
sannu
Sveiki
Thank You
gode ku
Paldies
How Are You?
yaya dai
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Labdien
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Labrīt
Please
Don Allah
lūdzu
Sorry
yi hakuri
Piedodiet!
Bye
sai anjima
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ina son ku
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Livonian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Latvia
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Niger
Latvia
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Niger
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
50.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Lettish
French Name
haoussa
letton
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
14
1530
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Latvian
Language Position
349
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ha
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
lav
ISO 639 2/B
hau
lav
ISO 639 3
hau
lav
ISO 639 6
hau
lav
Glottocode
haus1257
latv1249
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic