Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.