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Basque vs Latvian


Latvian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Latvia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Labrīt  

Please
Mesedez  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Agur  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
France  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Lettish  

French Name
basque  
letton  

German Name
Baskisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1530  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
lav  

ISO 639 3
eus  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Basque and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Latvian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Latvian Language History.

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Basque 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 Basque and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Latvian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Latvian Difficulty

The Basque vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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