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Latvian vs Czech


Czech vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Czech Republic   

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   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
24   
14
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
ahoj   

Thank You
Paldies   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
dobré ráno   

Please
lūdzu   
prosím   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
litovat   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
sbohem   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
letton   
tchèque   

German Name
Lettisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1530   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
cze   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ces   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Latvian and Czech Language History

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

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

Latvian vs Czech Difficulty

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

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