Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Ghana
  
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
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
maakye
  
Please
lūdzu
  
wae
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
bye
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
akan
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1530
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
akan1251
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Akan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Akan language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Akan Difficulty
The Latvian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.