Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
letton
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1530
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Meithei language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Latvian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.