Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Latvia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Lithuanian Language
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Paldies
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
goedenavond
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Labdien
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Labrīt
Bye
vaarwel
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
pardon
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Gronings
Livonian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Latvia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Latvia
Dialect 3
Limburgian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
France, Latvia
Native Name
Nederlands
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Lettish
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
letton
German Name
Niederländisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Latvian
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mode1257
latv1249
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Dutch 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 Dutch and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Latvian Speaking population
Dutch and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Latvian on Dutch vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Latvian Language Codes
Dutch and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.