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Arabic and Latvian


Latvian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
2   
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Latvia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Sveiki   

Thank You
شكرا   
Paldies   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Labdien   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Labrīt   

Please
من فضلك   
lūdzu   

Sorry
آسف   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
وداعا   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
أحبك   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Lettish   

French Name
arabe   
letton   

German Name
Arabisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1530   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Baltic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Latvian   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
lav   

ISO 639 3
ara   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Arabic and Latvian Speaking population

Arabic and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Latvian on Arabic vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Latvian Language Codes

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