Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
buongiorno
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
scusate
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Italiano
  
French Name
letton
  
italien
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Italians
  
Origin
1530
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Latvian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Italian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Italian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.