Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Sisplau
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Lettish
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
letton
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Latvian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Latvian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.