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Spanish vs Latvian


Latvian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Latvia  

Second Language
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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

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

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

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
24  
14

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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Gracias  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Labrīt  

Please
Por Favor  
lūdzu  

Sorry
triste  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
adiós  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Latvia  

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Latvia  

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
France, Latvia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Lettish  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
letton  

German Name
Spanisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Latvian  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
lav  

ISO 639 3
spa  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Latvian Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Latvian Difficulty

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

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