Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Bon dia
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
letton
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1530
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Catalan language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Latvian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.