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Latvian vs Irish


Irish vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Paldies  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
lūdzu  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Slán  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Munster  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
letton  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Lettisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1530  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
gle  

ISO 639 3
lav  
gle  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Latvian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Irish language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Irish Language History.

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Latvian and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Irish language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Irish Difficulty

The Latvian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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