Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
letton
  
galla
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1530
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
nucl1736
  
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 Oromo 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 Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Oromo language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Latvian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.