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Latvian vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Paldies   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
lūdzu   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Not Available   

French Name
letton   
sanskrit   

German Name
Lettisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
san   

ISO 639 3
lav   
san   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Latvian and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Sanskrit language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Latvian vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Latvian vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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