Countries
European Union, Latvia
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Kia ora
Thank You
Paldies
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Labvakar
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Kia ora
Good Morning
Labrīt
Ne y yibeogo
Please
lūdzu
gafare
Sorry
Piedodiet!
gafare
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Livonian
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Latvia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Saremde
Where They Speak
Latvia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Taolende
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Mosse
Alternative Names
Lettish
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
letton
moré
German Name
Lettisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Mossi
Origin
1530
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Mossi
Language Position
937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
mos
ISO 639 2/B
lav
mos
ISO 639 3
lav
mos
ISO 639 6
lav
mos
Glottocode
latv1249
moss1236
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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