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Latvian and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
India  

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

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Paldies  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
lūdzu  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
letton  
sanskrit  

German Name
Lettisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1530  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
san  

ISO 639 3
lav  
san  

ISO 639 6
lav  
san  

Glottocode
latv1249  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Latvian and Sanskrit Speaking population

Latvian and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Latvian vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Sanskrit Language Codes

Latvian and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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