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Czech and Latvian


Latvian and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Czech Republic   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
Sveiki   

Thank You
děkuji   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Labdien   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Labrīt   

Please
prosím   
lūdzu   

Sorry
litovat   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
sbohem   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Lach   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Lettish   

French Name
tchèque   
letton   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Baltic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Latvian   

Language Position
73   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
lav   

ISO 639 3
ces   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Czech 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 Czech and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Czech and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Czech are spoken in different Czech Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Czech vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Czech dialects include: Chod, Lach. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Czech and Latvian Speaking population

Czech and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Czech and Latvian on Czech vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and Latvian Language Codes

Czech and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Czech and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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