Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
letton
  
kannada
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1530
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Kannada language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Kannada Difficulty
The Latvian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.