Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
letton
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1530
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Latvian and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Hausa language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Hausa Difficulty
The Latvian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.