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Latvian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Not Available   

Please
lūdzu   
Not Available   

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Adap   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

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
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
1530   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. 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.

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