Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
China
  
National Language
Latvia
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
lūdzu
  
birdam
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
kachurung
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
China
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
letton
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
1530
  
11
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Uyghur
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Uyghur language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Latvian vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.