Countries
European Union, Latvia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3351
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2440
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Paldies
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Labvakar
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Labrīt
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
lūdzu
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Chakma
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Hajong
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Rarhi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
letton
bengali
German Name
Lettisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1530
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Latvian
Bengali
Language Position
94
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
ben
ISO 639 2/B
lav
ben
ISO 639 3
lav
ben
ISO 639 6
lav
ben
Glottocode
latv1249
beng1280
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-