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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
letton
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
1530
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Tulu language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Tulu Difficulty
The Latvian vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.