Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.