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
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
hola
  
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
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
triste
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
adiós
  
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
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
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
  
Origin
1530
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
lv
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.