Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Not Available
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
letton
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
1530
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Dzongkha language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Latvian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.