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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Latvia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lettish
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
letton
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Latvian language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Latvian Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.