Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Labrīt
  
Please
wae
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lettish
  
French Name
akan
  
letton
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
15
  
1530
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Akan 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 Akan and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Latvian Speaking population
Akan and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Akan and Latvian on Akan vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Latvian Language Codes
Akan and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.