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French vs Latvian


Latvian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Latvia  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
bonjour  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Merci  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Labrīt  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
lūdzu  

Sorry
désolé  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
au revoir  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Français  
Lettish  

French Name
français  
letton  

German Name
Französisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Latvian  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
lav  

ISO 639 3
fra  
lav  

ISO 639 6
fras  
not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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French and Latvian Language History

Comparison of French vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Latvian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Latvian Language History.

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

French vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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