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Latvian vs Galician


Galician vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Galicia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Ola  

Thank You
Paldies  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Bos días  

Please
lūdzu  
Por favor  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Adeus  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Central Galicia  

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

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
letton  
galicien  

German Name
Lettisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Galician people  

History

Origin
1530  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Galician  

Language Position
9  
9
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
glg  

ISO 639 3
lav  
glg  

ISO 639 6
lav  
glg  

Glottocode
latv1249  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Galician language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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

Latvian vs Galician Difficulty

The Latvian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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