Latvian

Xhosa

Latvian and Xhosa

Latvian

Xhosa

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Countries

European Union, Latvia

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Latvia

South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe

Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center

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.

Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3353

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

910

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2443

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki

Molo

Thank You

Paldies

Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?

Unjani

Good Night

Ar labunakti

Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Labvakar

Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Labdien

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Labrīt

Molo

Please

lūdzu

Ndicela

Sorry

Piedodiet!

Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Uz redzēšanos

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu

Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian

Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Latvia

South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0019,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian

Thembu

Where They Speak

Latvia

South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0019,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

High Latvian

Hlubi

Where They Speak

France, Latvia

South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0019.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million20.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.11 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

1.75 million8.20 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million11.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

latviešu valoda

isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Lettish

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

letton

xhosa

German Name

Lettisch

Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

1530

16th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Baltic

Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Latvian

isiXhosa

Language Position

921

1 120

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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language

Signed Xhosa

Scope

Macrolanguage

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav

xho

ISO 639 2/B

lav

xho

ISO 639 3

lav

xho

ISO 639 6

lav

xho

Glottocode

latv1249

xhos1239

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a

99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Latvian and Xhosa Alphabets

Latvian and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Xhosa. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Latvian and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Xhosa languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Latvian and Xhosa Speaking population

Latvian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Latvian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Xhosa Language Codes

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