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Latvian vs Romanian


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Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Latvia  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

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  
alo  

Thank You
Paldies  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
bună Dimineața  

Please
lūdzu  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
scuze  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
La revedere  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Română  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
letton  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Lettisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1530  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Romanian  

Language Position
9  
9
36  
33

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
rum  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ron  

ISO 639 6
lav  
ron  

Glottocode
latv1249  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Latvian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Romanian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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