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
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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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 (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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.