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Latvian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Ethiopia  

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  
-  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Selam  

Thank You
Paldies  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
lūdzu  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
aznallehu  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
tschao  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
letton  
amharique  

German Name
Lettisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1530  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Amharic  

Language Position
9  
9
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
amh  

ISO 639 3
lav  
amh  

ISO 639 6
lav  
amh  

Glottocode
latv1249  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Latvian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Amharic language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Amharic Language History.

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Latvian and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Amharic language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Amharic Difficulty

The Latvian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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