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Latvian vs Bengali


Bengali vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
letton   
bengali   

German Name
Lettisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1530   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Latvian and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Bengali language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Bengali Language History.

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Latvian and Bengali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Bengali language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Bengali Difficulty

The Latvian vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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