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Latvian vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Latvia   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

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

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   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Salam   

Thank You
Paldies   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
necəsən   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
lūdzu   
lütfən   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
üzr   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Baku   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
letton   
azéri   

German Name
Lettisch   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
1530   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
Not Available   
38   
30

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
aze   

ISO 639 3
lav   
aze   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
44-AAB-a   

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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Latvian and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Azerbaijani language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Latvian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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