Chinese and Latvian
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Latvia
National Language
China, Taiwan
Latvia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Lithuanian Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Sveiki
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Paldies
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Labdien
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Labrīt
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Piedodiet!
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Livonian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Wu
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
High Latvian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Not Available
Lettish
French Name
chinois
letton
German Name
Chinesisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Han
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Baltic
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sini1245
latv1249
Linguasphere
79-AAA
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Latvian Speaking population
Chinese and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Latvian on Chinese vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Latvian Language Codes
Chinese and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.