Countries
Countries
European Union, Latvia
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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
Not Available
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3347
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
24NA
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sveiki
pranam
Thank You
Paldies
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Labvakar
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Labdien
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Labrīt
Suprabhaat
Please
lūdzu
kripaya
Sorry
Piedodiet!
maf karai
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Alavidā
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
kripaya
Dialects
Dialect 1
Livonian
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Latvia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Latvia
North India
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Khortha
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million32.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.41 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million27.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
letton
maithili
German Name
Lettisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Maithil
History
Origin
1530
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Maithili
Language Position
NA40
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
mai
ISO 639 2/B
lav
mai
ISO 639 3
lav
mai
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
mait1250
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available