Countries
European Union, Latvia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2431
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Selam
Thank You
Paldies
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Labvakar
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Labdien
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Labrīt
i'ndemin adäru
Please
lūdzu
i'bakwon
Sorry
Piedodiet!
aznallehu
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
tschao
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Livonian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Latvia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Showa
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Lettish
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
letton
amharique
German Name
Lettisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Amharas
Origin
1530
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Latvian
Amharic
Language Position
955
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
amh
ISO 639 2/B
lav
amh
ISO 639 3
lav
amh
ISO 639 6
lav
amh
Glottocode
latv1249
amha1245
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional