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Latvian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Latvia   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
2   
1

How Many Consonants
24   
14
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Paldies   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
lūdzu   
Not Available   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Not Available   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
letton   
abkhaze   

German Name
Lettisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
abk   

ISO 639 3
lav   
abk   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
latv1249   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Latvian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Abkhaz language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. 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 Latvian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Latvian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Latvian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Latvian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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