Countries
European Union, Latvia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Hello
Thank You
Paldies
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Labvakar
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Labdien
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Labrīt
Subax wanaagsan
Please
lūdzu
Fadlan
Sorry
Piedodiet!
sorry
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Livonian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Latvia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Lettish
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
letton
somali
German Name
Lettisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Somalis
Origin
1530
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Somali
Language Position
983
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
som
ISO 639 2/B
lav
som
ISO 639 3
lav
som
ISO 639 6
lav
som
Glottocode
latv1249
soma1255
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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