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Latvian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Latvia  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Olá  

Thank You
Paldies  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
bom Dia  

Please
lūdzu  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
pesaroso  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
tchau  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Português  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Português  

French Name
letton  
portugais  

German Name
Lettisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1530  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
9  
9
6  
6

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
por  

ISO 639 3
lav  
por  

ISO 639 6
lav  
por  

Glottocode
latv1249  
port1283  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Portuguese language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Latvian vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Latvian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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