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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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