Countries
European Union, Latvia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Latvia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
obrigado
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Como você está?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
boa noite
Good Evening
Labvakar
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Labdien
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Labrīt
bom Dia
Sorry
Piedodiet!
pesaroso
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Livonian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Português
Alternative Names
Lettish
Português
French Name
letton
portugais
German Name
Lettisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Latvian
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
port1283
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Latvian and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Portuguese language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Latvian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.