Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Israel
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
letton
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Latvian and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Hebrew language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Latvian vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.