Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
3033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2524
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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!
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
660,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Croatia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
249
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
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