Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
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
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salom
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Iltimos
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Xayr
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Lettish
  
French Name
ouszbek
  
letton
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
1530
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Latvian language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Latvian Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.