Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
letton
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1530
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Kashmiri language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Latvian vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.