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Latvian vs Maithili


Maithili vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
Not Available  

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
pranam  

Thank You
Paldies  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Suprabhaat  

Please
lūdzu  
kripaya  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
maf karai  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Nepal  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
North India  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Deoghar, France  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
letton  
maithili  

German Name
Lettisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1530  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
Not Available  
40  
31

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
mai  

ISO 639 3
lav  
mai  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

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 Maithili Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Maithili language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Latvian vs Maithili Difficulty

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

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