Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Russia
Latvia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Sveiki
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Paldies
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Labdien
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Labrīt
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
lūdzu
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Piedodiet!
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Olonets
Latvia
Dialect 3
Novgorod
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Russki
Lettish
German Name
Russisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Russians
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
latv1249
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Russian 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 Russian and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Latvian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Latvian Difficulty
The Russian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.