Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Latvia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Paldies
How Are You?
How are you?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Good Evening
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Good Morning
Good Morning
Labrīt
I Love You
I love you
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
American English
Livonian
Where They Speak
United States of America
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
High Latvian
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Not Available
Lettish
French Name
anglais
letton
German Name
Englisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Latvians or Letts
Origin
5th Century AD
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Baltic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
latv1249
Linguasphere
52-ABA
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic
English 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 English and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Latvian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common English Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Latvian Difficulty
The English vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.