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Nepali and Latvian


Latvian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Labdien   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Labrīt   

Please
कृपया   
lūdzu   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Lettish   

French Name
népalais   
letton   

German Name
Nepali   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Baltic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Latvian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
lav   

ISO 639 3
npi   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
12   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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All Nepali and Latvian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Latvian Speaking population

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Nepali and Latvian Language Codes

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