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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Latvian and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Sanskrit language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Latvian vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.