Countries
India
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Lettish
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
letton
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
15
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Latvian language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Latvian Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.