Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Labrīt
  
Please
请
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
再见
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Lettish
  
French Name
Not Available
  
letton
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
17th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Latvian Speaking population
Cantonese and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Latvian on Cantonese vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Latvian Language Codes
Cantonese and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.