About Chinese (Simplified) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Chinese is the official language of China and Hong Kong. The simplified characters are one of the major written scripts in China. These characters are not only used in China but other places in the world. Most of the children studying in Malaysia and Singapore all know simplified Chinese. They are also used in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Japan. The traditional characters have been a choice in books and texts majorly. However in the modern era it covers the majority of contemporary Chinese text. In China the dialect of Chinese people is known as mandarin. It is studied with simplified characters of Chinese. You will be surprised to know that simplified characters are not used for writing. About 1.3 billion people in the world speak Chinese language.
About Latvian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Latvian is known as Lettish and is a major Eastern Baltic language. It belongs to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region. Latin is the language of Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia and is one of the official languages of the European Union. Latvian is spoken by 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia. Around 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, is spoken by Latvian. It is a common language of 1.16 million or 62% of the population. It is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian. The Latvian was followed by more rapid development and was advanced. Latvian was introduced in Western print in the mid-16th century.
