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Latvian vs Spanish


Spanish vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Latvia   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hola   

Thank You
Paldies   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Buenos Días   

Please
lūdzu   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
triste   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
adiós   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Español   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
letton   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Lettisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 3
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Latvian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Spanish language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Latvian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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