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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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