Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Fadlan
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Lettish
  
French Name
somali
  
letton
  
German Name
Somali
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
19th century
  
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
Somali
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Somali 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 Somali and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Latvian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Latvian Difficulty
The Somali vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.