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Latvian vs Czech


Czech vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Czech Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Institute of the Czech Language  

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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
24  
14
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ahoj  

Thank You
Paldies  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
dobré ráno  

Please
lūdzu  
prosím  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
litovat  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
sbohem  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
letton  
tchèque  

German Name
Lettisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Czechs  

History

Origin
1530  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
9  
9
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
cze  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ces  

ISO 639 6
lav  
ces  

Glottocode
latv1249  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Latvian and Czech Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Czech language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Czech Language History.

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Latvian and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Czech language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Czech Difficulty

The Latvian vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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