Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
France
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Labrīt
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Lettish
  
French Name
français
  
letton
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
French 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 French and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Latvian language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common French Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Latvian Difficulty
The French vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.