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Galician vs Latvian


Latvian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Galicia  
Latvia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Grazas  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Labrīt  

Please
Por favor  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Adeus  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Ámote  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Latvia  

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Lettish  

French Name
galicien  
letton  

German Name
Galicisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
lav  

ISO 639 3
glg  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Galician and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Latvian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Latvian Language History.

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

Galician vs Latvian Difficulty

The Galician vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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