1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Latvia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.75 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
letton
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology