Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Lettish
  
French Name
marathe
  
letton
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
10th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Marathi and Latvian 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 Marathi and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Latvian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Latvian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Latvian 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 Marathi and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.