Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- 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
Farsi Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lettish
  
French Name
kurde
  
letton
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
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
  
Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Latvian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Latvian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.