Countries
Georgia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
- 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
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Lettish
  
French Name
géorgien
  
letton
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Georgian 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 Georgian and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Latvian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Latvian Difficulty
The Georgian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.