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Latvian vs Burmese


Burmese vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

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   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Paldies   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
lūdzu   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Intha   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
letton   
birman   

German Name
Lettisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1530   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
bur   

ISO 639 3
lav   
mya   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Latvian and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Burmese language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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

Latvian vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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