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Xhosa vs Latvian


Latvian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Latvia  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
43  
32
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Molo  
Labrīt  

Please
Ndicela  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Latvia  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Lettish  

French Name
xhosa  
letton  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
lav  

ISO 639 3
xho  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Xhosa and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Latvian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Latvian Language History.

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Xhosa and Latvian Greetings

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Xhosa vs Latvian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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