Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Latvia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- 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.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Sveiki
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Paldies
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Labdien
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Labrīt
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
lūdzu
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Piedodiet!
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Chakma
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hajong
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
India
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Lettish
French Name
bengali
letton
German Name
Bengali
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
latv1249
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bengali and Latvian 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 Bengali and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Latvian language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Latvian Difficulty
The Bengali vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Latvian 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 Bengali and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.