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Latvian vs Chewa


Chewa vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Zambia  

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Moni  

Thank You
Paldies  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
lūdzu  
Chonde  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
pepani  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
letton  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Lettisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1530  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Chewa  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 3
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Latvian and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Chewa language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th 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 Chewa Language History.

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

Latvian vs Chewa Difficulty

The Latvian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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