Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Latvia
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
lūdzu
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
letton
  
maithili
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1530
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
mait1250
  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Maithili language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Maithili Difficulty
The Latvian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.