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Bengali and Latvian


Latvian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Latvia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Paldies  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Labdien  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Labrīt  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
lūdzu  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
India  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Lettish  

French Name
bengali  
letton  

German Name
Bengali  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Baltic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Latvian  

Language Position
4  
4
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
lav  

ISO 639 3
ben  
lav  

ISO 639 6
ben  
lav  

Glottocode
beng1280  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bengali and Latvian Speaking population

Bengali and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Latvian on Bengali vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Latvian Language Codes

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