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Latvian vs Marathi


Marathi vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Latvia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Paldies   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
lūdzu   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
letton   
marathe   

German Name
Lettisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
1530   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
mar   

ISO 639 3
lav   
mar   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
omr   

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 Marathi Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Marathi language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Latvian vs Marathi Difficulty

The Latvian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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