Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Labrīt
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Lettish
  
French Name
amharique
  
letton
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
13th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Amharic 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 Amharic and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Latvian Speaking population
Amharic and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Latvian on Amharic vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Latvian Language Codes
Amharic and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.