Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
lūdzu
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
letton
  
amharique
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1530
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Latvian and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Amharic language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Latvian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.