Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
letton
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Bulgarian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.