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Latvian vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
China  

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  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
-  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
Paldies  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
lūdzu  
birdam  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
kachurung  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
China  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
China  

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

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
China  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
letton  
ouïgour  

German Name
Lettisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1530  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Uyghur  

Language Position
9  
9
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
uig  

ISO 639 3
lav  
uig  

ISO 639 6
lav  
uig  

Glottocode
latv1249  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Uyghur language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Latvian vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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