Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
lūdzu
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
letton
  
amharique
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1530
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
All Latvian and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Amharic Speaking population
Latvian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Latvian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Amharic Language Codes
Latvian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.