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Vietnamese and Latvian


Latvian and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Vietnam   
Latvia   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
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
Xin chào   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Cam on   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Labrīt   

Please
xin vui lòng   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Lettish   

French Name
vietnamien   
letton   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1530   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Latvian   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
lav   

ISO 639 3
vie   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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