Countries
European Union, Latvia
Afganistan
National Language
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Paldies
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ar labunakti
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Labvakar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Labdien
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Labrīt
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lūdzu
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Piedodiet!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Livonian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Lettish
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
letton
pachto
German Name
Lettisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
pash1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Latvian and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Pashto language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Latvian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.