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Dutch vs Latvian


Latvian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Latvia   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Paldies   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Labdien   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Labrīt   

Please
alsjeblieft   
lūdzu   

Sorry
sorry   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
vaarwel   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Lettish   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
letton   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Baltic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Latvian   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
lav   

ISO 639 3
nld   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Dutch and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Latvian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Latvian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Latvian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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