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Latvian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Nigeria  

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Yoruba 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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Paldies  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
e kaaro  

Please
lūdzu  
Jowo  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
binu  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
bye  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
letton  
yoruba  

German Name
Lettisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1530  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
9  
9
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
yor  

ISO 639 3
lav  
yor  

ISO 639 6
lav  
yor  

Glottocode
latv1249  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Latvian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Yoruba language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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Latvian and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Yoruba language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Latvian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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