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Latvian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Latvia   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Paldies   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
günaydın   

Please
lūdzu   
lütfen   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
letton   
turc   

German Name
Lettisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
tur   

ISO 639 3
lav   
tur   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Latvian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Turkish language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Latvian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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