Countries
European Union, Latvia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Latvia
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
Gracias
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Labvakar
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Labrīt
Buenos Días
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Livonian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Latvia
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Latvia
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Español
Alternative Names
Lettish
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
letton
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Lettisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
stan1288
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Latvian and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Spanish language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Spanish Difficulty
The Latvian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.
