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Latvian vs Galician


Galician vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Galicia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Galicia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Portuguese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Ola   

Thank You
Paldies   
Grazas   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Que tal estás?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Boas noites   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Boa tarde   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Boa tarde   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Bos días   

Please
lūdzu   
Por favor   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Síntoo!   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Adeus   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Ámote   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Perdoe!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Eastern Galician   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
East Galicia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Central Galician   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Central Galicia   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Western Galician   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
West Galicia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
2.40 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Galego   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Galego, Gallego   

French Name
letton   
galicien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Galicisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡaˈleɣo]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1175   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Galician   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
gl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
glg   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
glg   

ISO 639 3
lav   
glg   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
gali1258   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAA-ab   

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 Galician Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Galician language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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

Latvian vs Galician Difficulty

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

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