Countries
European Union, Latvia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Latvia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
Thank you
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
How are you?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Good Night
Good Evening
Labvakar
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Labrīt
Good Morning
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
I love you
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Livonian
American English
Where They Speak
Latvia
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Latvia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
English
Alternative Names
Lettish
Not Available
French Name
letton
anglais
German Name
Lettisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
Origin
1530
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
engs
Glottocode
latv1249
stan1293
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Latvian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and English language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs English Difficulty
The Latvian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.