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Chinese and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Latvia   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
24   
19

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Paldies   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
lūdzu   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Not Available   

French Name
letton   
chinois   

German Name
Lettisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Han   

History

Origin
1530   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
chi   

ISO 639 3
lav   
zho   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Latvian and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Latvian and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Chinese Speaking population

Latvian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Latvian and Chinese on Latvian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Chinese Language Codes

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