Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Yoruba 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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
e kaaro
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
binu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
bye
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
letton
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
1530
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Latvian and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Yoruba language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Latvian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.