Countries
European Union, Latvia
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
sannu
Thank You
Paldies
gode ku
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
yaya dai
Good Night
Ar labunakti
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Labvakar
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Labdien
barka da rana
Good Morning
Labrīt
mai kyau safe
Please
lūdzu
Don Allah
Sorry
Piedodiet!
yi hakuri
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
sai anjima
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Livonian
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Latvia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Latvia
Niger
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Daragaram
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
letton
haoussa
German Name
Lettisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1530
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Hausa
Language Position
934
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
hau
ISO 639 2/B
lav
hau
ISO 639 3
lav
hau
ISO 639 6
lav
hau
Glottocode
latv1249
haus1257
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional