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Latvian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Latvian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Amharic language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Amharic Language History.

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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.

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