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Chinese vs Latvian


Latvian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
lūdzu   

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
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   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Latvian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
lav   

ISO 639 3
zho   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Chinese and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Latvian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Latvian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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