Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Jowo
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
binu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Lettish
  
French Name
yoruba
  
letton
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
4 BC
  
1530
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
All Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Latvian Speaking population
Yoruba and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Latvian on Yoruba vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Latvian Language Codes
Yoruba and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.