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Latvian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Paldies  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
lūdzu  
कृपया  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
letton  
népalais  

German Name
Lettisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1530  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Nepali  

Language Position
9  
9
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
nep  

ISO 639 3
lav  
npi  

ISO 639 6
lav  
nep  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Latvian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Nepali language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Latvian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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