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Latvian and Arabic


Arabic and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
Latvia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Paldies   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
صباح الخير   

Please
lūdzu   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
آسف   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
وداعا   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
letton   
arabe   

German Name
Lettisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1530   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
ara   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ara   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Arabic Speaking population

Latvian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Latvian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Arabic Language Codes

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

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