Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
pepani
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
letton
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
1530
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Chewa Speaking population
Latvian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa 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 Chewa on Latvian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Chewa Language Codes
Latvian and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.