Latvian and Chinese
Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Latvia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Sveiki
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Paldies
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Labvakar
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Labrīt
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Latvia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Wu
Where They Speak
Latvia
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Yue
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
latviešu valoda
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
letton
chinois
German Name
Lettisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Han
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
sini1245
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Latvian and Chinese 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 Latvian and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Chinese Speaking population
Latvian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Latvian and Chinese on Latvian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Chinese Language Codes
Latvian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.