About Swahili Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Swahili is a popular Bantu language that is spoken in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. It is also widely spoken in Burundi, Mozambique, Oman, Somalia the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. The total number of native speakers is 98 million. According to a survey in 2012, there are about 47 million speakers in Tanzania and around 34 million in Uganda. You will be surprised to know that there is a small number of speakers in other parts of the world. Swahili is written in the Arabic script and is very much influenced by the Latin alphabet. There are plenty of dialects of Swahili but the modern standard Swahili is based on Kiunguja. Some old dialects include Maho that is distinctive from other dialects. Kimwani is another dialect that is majorly spoken in Mozambique.
About Latvian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Latvian is known as Lettish and is a major Eastern Baltic language. It belongs to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region. Latin is the language of Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia and is one of the official languages of the European Union. Latvian is spoken by 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia. Around 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, is spoken by Latvian. It is a common language of 1.16 million or 62% of the population. It is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian. The Latvian was followed by more rapid development and was advanced. Latvian was introduced in Western print in the mid-16th century.
