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Latvian vs Italian


Italian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Latvia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ciao  

Thank You
Paldies  
grazie  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
buongiorno  

Please
lūdzu  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
scusate  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Lazio  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Italiano  

French Name
letton  
italien  

German Name
Lettisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Italians  

History

Origin
1530  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Italian  

Language Position
9  
9
27  
25

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 6
lav  
itas  

Glottocode
latv1249  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Latvian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Italian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Italian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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