Countries
India
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Not Available
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Lettish
  
French Name
oriya
  
letton
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Oriya 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 Oriya and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Latvian language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Latvian Difficulty
The Oriya vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya 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 Oriya and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.