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Latvian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Halo   

Thank You
Paldies   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
lūdzu   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
maaf   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
letton   
indonésien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1530   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
ind   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ind   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Latvian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Indonesian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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