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Latvian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Paldies   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
lūdzu   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Balgarski   

French Name
letton   
bulgare   

German Name
Lettisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
bul   

ISO 639 3
lav   
bul   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
latv1249   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Latvian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Bulgarian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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