Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Maaloo
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Lettish
  
French Name
galla
  
letton
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
16
  
1530
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Oromo and Latvian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oromo and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Latvian Speaking population
Oromo and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oromo and Latvian on Oromo vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Latvian Language Codes
Oromo and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.