Latvian language
Latvian language
About the Latvian language
Latvian (latviešu valoda) is the official state language of Latvia. Alternative names include Lettish and Lettisch. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language.
Latvian is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian, although the two are not mutually intelligible.
Latvian first appeared in Western print in the mid-16th century with the reproduction of the Lord's Prayer in Latvian in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, in Roman script.
Total speakers: 1.60 million
Basic phrases in Latvian
Welcome - Laipni lūdzam
Hello - Sveiki
What's your name? My name is ... - Kā tevi sauc? (inf) Kā jūs sauc? (frm) Mani sauc
Good morning - Labrīt
Good afternoon - Labdien
Good evening - Labvakar
Goodbye - Uz redzēšanos
Good luck - Laimīgs gadījums! Veiksmi!
Cheers/Good health! - Uz veselību! Priekā! (in happiness)
Bon appetit - Labu apetīti!
Bon voyage - Laimīgu ceļu!
Excuse me - Atvainojiet!
How much is this? - Cik tas maksā?
Sorry - Piedod!
Thank you - Paldies
I love you - Es tevi mīlu
Source: www.wikipedia.org and www.omniglot.com
We provide the following services in the Latvian language:
- Translation to and from Latvian
- Proofreading, checking and editing of Latvian texts
- Localization of web-sites and software into Latvian
- Interpreting between Latvian and other languages
- Desktop publishing (DTP) of documents prepared in Latvian
- Transcribing of Latvian audio
- Subtitling and scripts translation in Latvian
We translate the following popular language combinations involving Latvian:
- From English to Latvian, from Latvian to English
- From German to Latvian, from Latvian to German
- From French to Latvian, from Latvian to French
- From Russian to Latvian, from Latvian to Russian
- From Lithuanian to Latvian, from Latvian to Lithuanian
- From Estonian to Latvian, from Latvian to Estonian
- From Finnish to Latvian, from Latvian to Finnish
- From Swedish to Latvian, from Latvian to Swedish
- From Italian to Latvian, from Latvian to Italian
- From Chinese to Latvian, from Latvian to Chinese
- From Polish to Latvian, from Latvian to Polish
- From Spanish to Latvian, from Latvian to Spanish
Other language combinations are also possible. Feel free to request a free quote from us or send your text and project details by email to info@a-script.eu.
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