Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
lūdzu
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
maaf
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
letton
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1530
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Latvian and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Indonesian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.