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Latvian and Urdu


Urdu and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Paldies  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
lūdzu  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
الوداع  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Bihari  

French Name
letton  
ourdou  

German Name
Lettisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1530  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
9  
9
20  
18

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
urd  

ISO 639 3
lav  
urd  

ISO 639 6
lav  
urd  

Glottocode
latv1249  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Latvian and Urdu Speaking population

Latvian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Latvian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Urdu Language Codes

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

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