Countries
European Union, Latvia
Armenian Highland
National Language
Latvia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Greek
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Paldies
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
lūdzu
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
letton
arménien
German Name
Lettisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Armenians
Origin
1530
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
arme1241
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Latvian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Armenian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Armenian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.