Countries
European Union, Latvia
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2433
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Paldies
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Labvakar
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Labrīt
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
lūdzu
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Latvia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Intha
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Burma
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
letton
birman
German Name
Lettisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Bamar people
Origin
1530
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Burmese
Language Position
943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
mya
ISO 639 2/B
lav
bur
ISO 639 3
lav
mya
ISO 639 6
lav
mya
Glottocode
latv1249
sout3159
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating