Countries
Nigeria
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Don Allah
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Lettish
  
French Name
haoussa
  
letton
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
14
  
1530
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Latvian language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Latvian Difficulty
The Hausa vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.