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Latvian and Hmong


Hmong and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Latvia  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

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.
  
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
24  
14
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Paldies  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
lūdzu  
thov  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
China  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Mong  

French Name
letton  
hmong  

German Name
Lettisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1530  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Hmong  

Language Position
9  
9
24  
22

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
lav  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
lav  
hmn  

Glottocode
latv1249  
firs1234  

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 Hmong 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 Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Hmong Speaking population

Latvian and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Latvian vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Hmong Language Codes

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