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Latvian and Igbo


Igbo and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Nigeria   

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   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
kedụ   

Thank You
Paldies   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
lūdzu   
Biko   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Ndo   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Not Available   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Ibo   

French Name
letton   
igbo   

German Name
Lettisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1530   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
nucl1417   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Latvian and Igbo Speaking population

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

Latvian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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