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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
-  
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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

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  

History

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
9  
9
31  
29

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

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
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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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

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