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Georgian vs Latvian


Latvian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Labdien   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Labrīt   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
lūdzu   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Lettish   

French Name
géorgien   
letton   

German Name
Georgisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
5th Century   
1530   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Latvian   

Language Position
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
lav   

ISO 639 3
kat   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Georgian and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Latvian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Latvian Language History.

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

Georgian vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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