Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
lūdzu
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
gafare
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
moré
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1530
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Mossi 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 Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Mossi language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Mossi Difficulty
The Latvian vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Mossi 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 Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.