Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Mesedez
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Agur
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Lettish
  
French Name
basque
  
letton
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1530
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Basque 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 Basque and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Latvian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Latvian Difficulty
The Basque vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.