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Latvian vs Italian


Italian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Latvia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
ciao   

Thank You
Paldies   
grazie   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
buongiorno   

Please
lūdzu   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
scusate   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Italiano   

French Name
letton   
italien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Italians   

History

Origin
1530   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
ita   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ita   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
latv1249   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Latvian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Italian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Italian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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