Finnish and Latvian
Countries
European Union, Finland
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Latvia
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Lithuanian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Labdien
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Labrīt
Sorry
Anteeksi
Piedodiet!
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Livonian
Where They Speak
Finland
Latvia
Dialect 2
Rauma
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Latvia
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
France, Latvia
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Suomi
Lettish
French Name
finnois
letton
German Name
Finnisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Baltic
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Latvian
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
finn1318
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Latvian Speaking population
Finnish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Latvian on Finnish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Latvian Language Codes
Finnish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.