Countries
European Union, Latvia
Myanmar
National Language
Latvia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Paldies
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Labvakar
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Labrīt
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
lūdzu
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Latvia
Myanmar
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Intha
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Burma
Native Name
latviešu valoda
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
letton
birman
German Name
Lettisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Bamar people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
sout3159
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Latvian and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Burmese language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Burmese Difficulty
The Latvian vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.