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Latvian vs Meithei


Meithei vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
273,000.00  
32

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  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Latvian and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Meithei language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700. 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 Meithei Language History.

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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.

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