Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
lūdzu
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
letton
  
persan
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1530
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Latvian and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Persian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Persian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.