Home
Languagevs


Latvian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Latvia   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
alo   

Thank You
Paldies   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
bună Dimineața   

Please
lūdzu   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
scuze   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
La revedere   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Română   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
letton   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Lettisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1530   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
rum   

ISO 639 3
lav   
ron   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

Countries >>
<< All

Latvian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Romanian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Romanian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Latvian and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Romanian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages