Countries
European Union, Latvia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Latvia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Labvakar
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Labdien
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Labrīt
صبح به خیر
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
خدا حافظ
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Livonian
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
latviešu valoda
فارسی
Alternative Names
Lettish
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
letton
persan
German Name
Lettisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Persian people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Persian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
fars1254
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Latvian and Persian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Latvian and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Persian Speaking population
Latvian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Latvian and Persian on Latvian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Persian Language Codes
Latvian and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.