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Persian vs Latvian


Latvian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Latvia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Sveiki  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Paldies  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Labdien  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Labrīt  

Please
لطفا  
lūdzu  

Sorry
متاسف  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Lettish  

French Name
persan  
letton  

German Name
Persisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Baltic  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Latvian  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
lav  

ISO 639 3
pes  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Persian and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Latvian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Latvian Language History.

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Persian 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 Persian and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Latvian language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Latvian Difficulty

The Persian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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