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Latvian vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
India, Pakistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
17   
14

How Many Consonants
24   
14
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Paldies   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Hach ch'i   

Please
lūdzu   
Not Available   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
letton   
kashmiri   

German Name
Lettisch   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
1530   
12th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Kashmiri   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
kas   

ISO 639 3
lav   
kas   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Latvian and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Kashmiri language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Latvian vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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