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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Latvia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Sveiki

Thank You

Thank you
Paldies

How Are You?

How are you?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Good Night
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

Good Evening
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Labdien

Good Morning

Good Morning
Labrīt

Please

Please
lūdzu

Sorry

Sorry
Piedodiet!

Bye

Bye
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

I love you
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Livonian

Where They Speak

United States of America
Latvia

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Latvia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
High Latvian

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

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

1883
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

English
Lettish

French Name

anglais
letton

German Name

Englisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

English people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Latvian

Language Position

39
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
lav

ISO 639 2/B

eng
lav

ISO 639 3

eng
lav

ISO 639 6

engs
lav

Glottocode

stan1293
latv1249

Linguasphere

52-ABA
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic

English and Latvian Alphabets

English and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Latvian. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn English and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Latvian languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Latvian Speaking population

English and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Latvian on English vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Latvian Language Codes

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