Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Latvia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
letton
  
marathe
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1530
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Marathi language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Latvian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.