Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Labdien
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Labrīt
I Love You
أحبك
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Livonian
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Sudan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Lettish
German Name
Arabisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Arabs
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
latv1249
Linguasphere
12-AAC
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Arabic and Latvian 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 Arabic and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Latvian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Latvian Difficulty
The Arabic vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Latvian 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 Arabic and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.