Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Wales
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Bore da
  
Please
lūdzu
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
letton
  
gallois
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1530
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Latvian and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Welsh language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Welsh Difficulty
The Latvian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.