Countries
European Union, Latvia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2446
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Mhoro
Thank You
Paldies
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Labvakar
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Masikati
Good Morning
Labrīt
Mangwanani
Please
lūdzu
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Ndineurombo
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
bye
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Livonian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Latvia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Latvia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
chiShona
Alternative Names
Lettish
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
letton
shona
German Name
Lettisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Shona people
Origin
1530
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Shona
Language Position
9107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
sna
ISO 639 2/B
lav
sna
ISO 639 3
lav
sna
ISO 639 6
lav
sna
Glottocode
latv1249
core1255
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
99-AUT-a
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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