Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
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 Available
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
su prabat
  
Please
lūdzu
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
letton
  
dogri
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Dogras
  
Origin
1530
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Dogri 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 Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Dogri language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Dogri Difficulty
The Latvian vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Dogri 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 Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.