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Hindi vs Latvian


Latvian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Paldies  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Labdien  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Labrīt  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
lūdzu  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
Not Available  

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
Not Available  

Native Name
हिन्दी  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Lettish  

French Name
hindi  
letton  

German Name
Hindi  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Baltic  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Latvian  

Language Position
5  
5
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
lav  

ISO 639 3
hin  
lav  

ISO 639 6
hins  
not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hindi and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Latvian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Latvian Language History.

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

Hindi vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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