Countries
Vietnam
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Latvian language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Latvian Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.