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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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