Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India
  
National Language
Latvia
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
letton
  
oriya
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Odias
  
Origin
1530
  
3 BC
  
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
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Oriya language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Oriya Difficulty
The Latvian vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.