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Latvian and Amharic


Amharic and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Not Available   

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

French Name
letton   
amharique   

German Name
Lettisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1530   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Latvian and Amharic Speaking population

Latvian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Latvian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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