Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Iran
  
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
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
bye
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
letton
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
1530
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Balochi
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Balochi 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 Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Balochi language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Balochi Difficulty
The Latvian vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Balochi 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 Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.