Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Mi petas
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
France, Latvia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
Esperanto
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Lettish
  
French Name
espéranto
  
letton
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1887
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Latvian language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Latvian Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.