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Swahili
Swahili

Latvian
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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Latvia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Sveiki

Thank You

Asante
Paldies

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Labdien

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Labrīt

Please

tafadhali
lūdzu

Sorry

pole
Piedodiet!

Bye

bye
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

nakupenda
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Samahani
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Livonian

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Latvia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Latvia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Kilwa
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Lettish

French Name

swahili
letton

German Name

Swahili
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

6th century
1530

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Baltic

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Latvian

Language Position

219
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
lav

ISO 639 2/B

swa
lav

ISO 639 3

swa
lav

ISO 639 6

swa
lav

Glottocode

swah1254
latv1249

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Swahili and Latvian Alphabets

Swahili and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Latvian. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Swahili and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Latvian languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Latvian Speaking population

Swahili and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Swahili and Latvian on Swahili vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Latvian Language Codes

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