Home
Languagevs


Latvian vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
India, Pakistan  

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

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
17  
14

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Paldies  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Hach ch'i  

Please
lūdzu  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
letton  
kashmiri  

German Name
Lettisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1530  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
kas  

ISO 639 3
lav  
kas  

ISO 639 6
lav  
kas  

Glottocode
latv1249  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Latvian and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Kashmiri language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Latvian vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages