Countries
European Union, Latvia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Latvia
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Labvakar
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Labdien
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Labrīt
Bonjour
Please
lūdzu
S'il vous plaît
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
au revoir
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Latvia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
African French
Where They Speak
Latvia
Africa
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Swiss French
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
français
Alternative Names
Lettish
Français
French Name
letton
français
German Name
Lettisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
fras
Glottocode
latv1249
stan1290
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Latvian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and French language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs French Difficulty
The Latvian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.