Countries
Galicia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Galicia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
- 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
Portuguese Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ola
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Por favor
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Galego
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
Lettish
  
French Name
galicien
  
letton
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Galician
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Galician 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 Galician and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Latvian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Latvian Difficulty
The Galician vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.