Latvian and Dzongkha
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Bhutan
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
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Lunana
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bhutan
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Adap
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Bhutan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
nucl1307
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Latvian and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Dzongkha Speaking population
Latvian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha 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 Latvian and Dzongkha on Latvian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Dzongkha Language Codes
Latvian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.