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Latvian and Igbo


Igbo and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Nigeria  

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  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
kedụ  

Thank You
Paldies  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
lūdzu  
Biko  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Ndo  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Ibo  

French Name
letton  
igbo  

German Name
Lettisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1530  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
9  
9
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
lav  
ibo  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Latvian and Igbo Speaking population

Latvian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Latvian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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