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Latvian vs Somali


Somali vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Latvia   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hello   

Thank You
Paldies   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
lūdzu   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
sorry   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
letton   
somali   

German Name
Lettisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Somalis   

History

Origin
1530   
19th century   

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   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
som   

ISO 639 3
lav   
som   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Latvian and Somali Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Somali language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. 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 Somali Language History.

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Latvian and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Somali language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Somali Difficulty

The Latvian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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