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Latvian
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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Latvia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2933
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

129
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1724
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

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Sveiki

Thank You

e dupe
Paldies

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

ka a ale
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Labdien

Good Morning

e kaaro
Labrīt

Please

Jowo
lūdzu

Sorry

binu
Piedodiet!

Bye

bye
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Livonian

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Latvia

How Many People Speak

500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Latvia

How Many People Speak

800,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Nigeria
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

10,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Lettish

French Name

yoruba
letton

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

4 BC
1530

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Baltic

Branch

Kwa
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Latvian

Language Position

499
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
lav

ISO 639 2/B

yor
lav

ISO 639 3

yor
lav

ISO 639 6

yor
lav

Glottocode

yoru1245
latv1249

Linguasphere

No data available
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic

Yoruba and Latvian Alphabets

Yoruba and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Latvian. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Yoruba and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Latvian languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Latvian Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Latvian Language Codes

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