Countries
Wales
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Wales
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
- 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
English Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Labrīt
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Lettish
  
French Name
gallois
  
letton
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Welsh 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 Welsh and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Latvian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Latvian Difficulty
The Welsh vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.