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Macedonian vs Latvian


Latvian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
26  
16
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Labrīt  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
lūdzu  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Lettish  

French Name
macédonien  
letton  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Baltic  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
lav  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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Macedonian and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Latvian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. 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 Macedonian and Latvian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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