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Latvian vs Georgian


Georgian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Cabinet of Georgia  

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Paldies  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
lūdzu  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Kartli  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
letton  
géorgien  

German Name
Lettisch  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1530  
5th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Southern  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
Not Available  
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
geo  

ISO 639 3
lav  
kat  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Latvian and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Georgian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Georgian Difficulty

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

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