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
  
Akan and Latvian 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 Akan and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Latvian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Latvian Difficulty
The Akan vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Latvian 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 Akan and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.