Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.