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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Latvia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  • 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

Norwegian and Swedish
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2933
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

209
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Sveiki

Thank You

Mange tak
Paldies

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

God nat
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

God aften
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
Labdien

Good Morning

God morgen
Labrīt

Please

Please
lūdzu

Sorry

Undskyld!
Piedodiet!

Bye

Farvel
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Livonian

Where They Speak

Sweden
Latvia

How Many People Speak

80,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Denmark
Latvia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Lettish

French Name

danois
letton

German Name

Dänisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Latvian

Language Position

189
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

da
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
lav

ISO 639 2/B

dan
lav

ISO 639 3

dan
lav

ISO 639 6

dan
lav

Glottocode

dani1284
latv1249

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Synthetic

Danish and Latvian Alphabets

Danish and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Latvian. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Danish and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Latvian languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Latvian Speaking population

Danish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % 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 Danish and Latvian on Danish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Latvian Language Codes

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