Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Labrīt
  
Please
tafadhali
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
pole
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Lettish
  
French Name
swahili
  
letton
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
6th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Latvian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Latvian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.