Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
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
Pan South African Language Board
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Lettish
  
French Name
zoulou
  
letton
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
19
  
1530
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
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
  
All Zulu 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 Zulu and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Latvian Speaking population
Zulu and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Latvian on Zulu vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Latvian Language Codes
Zulu and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.