Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Labrīt
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Lettish
  
French Name
ourdou
  
letton
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
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
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Latvian language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Latvian Difficulty
The Urdu vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.