Countries
European Union, Latvia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Latvia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Paldies
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Labvakar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Labrīt
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
lūdzu
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Latvia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Griko
Where They Speak
Latvia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Lettish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
letton
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Lettisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
ells
Glottocode
latv1249
gree1276
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Latvian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Greek language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Greek Difficulty
The Latvian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.