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Latvian and Nepali


Nepali and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Nepal   

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   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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
Sveiki   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Paldies   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
lūdzu   
कृपया   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
letton   
népalais   

German Name
Lettisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1530   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
nep   

ISO 639 3
lav   
npi   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Latvian and Nepali Speaking population

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Latvian and Nepali Language Codes

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