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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

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
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3357
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2450
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
Sawubona

Thank You

Paldies
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
unjani

Good Night

Ar labunakti
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Labvakar
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Labdien
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Labrīt
okuhle ekuseni

Please

lūdzu
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Piedodiet!
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
bye

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Latvia
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Latvia
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Ndebele

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Lettish
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

letton
zoulou

German Name

Lettisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Zulu people

History

Origin

1530
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Latvian
Deep Zulu

Language Position

987
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
zul

ISO 639 2/B

lav
zul

ISO 639 3

lav
zul

ISO 639 6

lav
zul

Glottocode

latv1249
zulu1248

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Latvian and Zulu Alphabets

Latvian and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Zulu. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Latvian and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and Zulu Speaking population

Latvian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Latvian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Zulu Language Codes

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