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Igbo and Latvian


Latvian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Sveiki   

Thank You
dalụ   
Paldies   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Labdien   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Labrīt   

Please
Biko   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Ndo   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Not Available   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
igbo   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Lettish   

French Name
igbo   
letton   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
1530   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Latvian   

Language Position
57   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
lav   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
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
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Igbo and Latvian Speaking population

Igbo and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Latvian on Igbo vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Latvian Language Codes

Igbo and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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