Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Labrīt
  
Please
le do thoil
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Slán
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Lettish
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
letton
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Irish and Latvian Speaking population
Irish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Irish and Latvian on Irish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Latvian Language Codes
Irish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.