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
  
Oromo and Latvian 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 Oromo and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Latvian language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Latvian Difficulty
The Oromo vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Latvian 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 Oromo and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.