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Kashmiri vs Latvian


Latvian vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Sveiki   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Labrīt   

Please
Not Available   
lūdzu   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
India   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Lettish   

French Name
kashmiri   
letton   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
lav   

ISO 639 3
kas   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Kashmiri and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Latvian language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Latvian Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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