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Latvian vs Hmong


Hmong vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Latvia  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

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.
  
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
24  
14
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Paldies  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
lūdzu  
thov  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
China  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Mong  

French Name
letton  
hmong  

German Name
Lettisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1530  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Hmong  

Language Position
9  
9
24  
22

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
lav  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
lav  
hmn  

Glottocode
latv1249  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Hmong language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Hmong Language History.

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

Latvian vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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