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Latvian and Akan


Akan and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Paldies   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
maaha   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
maakye   

Please
lūdzu   
wae   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Kafra   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
bye   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Fante   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Not Available   

French Name
letton   
akan   

German Name
Lettisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1530   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
aka   

ISO 639 3
lav   
aka   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Latvian and Akan Speaking population

Latvian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Latvian and Akan on Latvian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Akan Language Codes

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

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