Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Por Favor
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
triste
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
adiós
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Lettish
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
letton
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Spanish 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 Spanish and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Latvian language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Latvian Difficulty
The Spanish vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.