Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
letton
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1530
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
All Latvian and Hausa 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 Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Hausa Speaking population
Latvian and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Latvian vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Hausa Language Codes
Latvian and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.