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Latvian and Zulu


Zulu and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Paldies   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
unjani   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
lūdzu   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
bye   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
letton   
zoulou   

German Name
Lettisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1530   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
zul   

ISO 639 3
lav   
zul   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Latvian and Zulu Speaking population

Latvian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Latvian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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