Countries
European Union, Latvia
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2415
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Khurumjari
Thank You
Paldies
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Labvakar
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Labdien
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Labrīt
Nongale haugatl
Please
lūdzu
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Saobiganu
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Chatcharage
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Livonian
Loi
Where They Speak
Latvia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Pangal
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Lettish
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
letton
Meithei
German Name
Lettisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Meithei people
Origin
1530
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
mni
ISO 639 2/B
lav
mni
ISO 639 3
lav
mni
ISO 639 6
lav
mni
Glottocode
latv1249
mani1292
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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