Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Burma
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, 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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Not available
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
rundi
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
1530
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Kirundi language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Latvian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.