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Bosnian and Latvian


Latvian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Latvia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Hvala  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Labrīt  

Please
molim vas  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Zbogom  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Volim te  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Lettish  

French Name
bosniaque  
letton  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Baltic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Latvian  

Language Position
24  
22
9  
9

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
lav  

ISO 639 3
bos  
lav  

ISO 639 6
boss  
lav  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Bosnian and Latvian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bosnian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Latvian Speaking population

Bosnian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bosnian and Latvian on Bosnian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Latvian Language Codes

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