Countries
Nigeria
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Latvian language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Latvian Difficulty
The Igbo vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.