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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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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