Croatian and Latvian
Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Austria
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kako si
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
laku noć
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
dobra večer
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Labdien
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Labrīt
Sorry
Oprostite
Piedodiet!
Bye
Doviđenja
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Volim te
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Latvia
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
France, Latvia
Native Name
hrvatski
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Lettish
French Name
croate
letton
German Name
Kroatisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Croats
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
croa1245
latv1249
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Croatian 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 Croatian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Latvian Speaking population
Croatian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Latvian on Croatian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Latvian Language Codes
Croatian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.