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Latvian vs Hausa


Hausa vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

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   

History

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   
34   
27

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Latvian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Hausa language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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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.

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