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Latvian and Maithili


Maithili and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
pranam   

Thank You
Paldies   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Suprabhaat   

Please
lūdzu   
kripaya   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
maf karai   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
North India   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
letton   
maithili   

German Name
Lettisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Maithil   

History

Origin
1530   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
mai   

ISO 639 3
lav   
mai   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Latvian and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Maithili Speaking population

Latvian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Latvian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Maithili Language Codes

Latvian and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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