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Latvian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Paldies   
takk   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
god natt   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
god morgen   

Please
lūdzu   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
ha det   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Norsk   

French Name
letton   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 3
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Latvian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Norwegian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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