Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
lūdzu
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
üzr
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Russia
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Azerbaijan
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
39
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
letton
  
azéri
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1530
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Azerbaijani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Latvian and Azerbaijani 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 Latvian and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Azerbaijani language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Latvian vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Latvian and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.