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Latvian vs Konkani


Konkani vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
India  

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  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Paldies  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
lūdzu  
Chike  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Maf kor  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Adeus  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Goa  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
letton  
konkani  

German Name
Lettisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1530  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Kokani  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
kok  

ISO 639 3
lav  
kok  

ISO 639 6
lav  
kok  

Glottocode
latv1249  
goan1235  

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  
-  

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Latvian and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Konkani language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Latvian vs Konkani Difficulty

The Latvian vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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