Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
letton
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1530
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Latvian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Slovak language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Latvian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.