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Latvian vs Greek


Greek vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Latvia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Paldies  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
lūdzu  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
letton  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Lettisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1530  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
9  
9
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
gre  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ell  

ISO 639 6
lav  
ells  

Glottocode
latv1249  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Latvian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Greek language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Greek Language History.

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Latvian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Greek language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Greek Difficulty

The Latvian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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