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Latvian vs Persian


Persian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Latvia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
سلام  

Thank You
Paldies  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
صبح به خیر  

Please
lūdzu  
لطفا  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
متاسف  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
letton  
persan  

German Name
Lettisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1530  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Persian  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
per  

ISO 639 3
lav  
pes  

ISO 639 6
lav  
pers  

Glottocode
latv1249  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Latvian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Persian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Persian 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 Persian Language History.

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

Latvian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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