Countries
Indonesia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-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
Terima kasih
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Labrīt
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Lettish
  
French Name
indonésien
  
letton
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Latvian language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Latvian Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.