Countries
European Union, Latvia
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Dzongkha Development 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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3395
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2430
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Paldies
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Labvakar
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Labrīt
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
lūdzu
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Tsip maza
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Livonian
Laya
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Lunana
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Adap
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
letton
dzongkha
German Name
Lettisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Ngalop people
Origin
1530
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Dzongkha
Language Position
931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
lav
dzo
ISO 639 3
lav
dzo
ISO 639 6
lav
dzo
Glottocode
latv1249
nucl1307
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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