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Latvian vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Latvia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Halo  

Thank You
Paldies  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Bonan matenon  

Please
lūdzu  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Not present  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Not present  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
letton  
espéranto  

German Name
Lettisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1530  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
epo  

ISO 639 3
lav  
epo  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Latvian and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Esperanto language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Latvian vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Latvian vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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