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Latvian and Akan


Akan and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Akan Orthography Committee  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Paldies  
meda ase  

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

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
maaha  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
maakye  

Please
lūdzu  
wae  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Kafra  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
bye  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Fante  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
letton  
akan  

German Name
Lettisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1530  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Akan  

Language Position
9  
9
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
aka  

ISO 639 3
lav  
aka  

ISO 639 6
lav  
aka  

Glottocode
latv1249  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Latvian and Akan Speaking population

Latvian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Latvian and Akan on Latvian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Akan Language Codes

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