Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Latvia
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
letton
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Latvian and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Esperanto language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Latvian vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.