Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
lūdzu
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Bihari
  
French Name
letton
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Latvian and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Urdu language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Urdu Difficulty
The Latvian vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.