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Latvian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Wales   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Helô   

Thank You
Paldies   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Bore da   

Please
lūdzu   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Cymraeg   

French Name
letton   
gallois   

German Name
Lettisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1530   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
wel   

ISO 639 3
lav   
cym   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Latvian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Welsh language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Latvian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Latvian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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