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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
Latvia

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

69
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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Sveiki

Thank You

Merci
Paldies

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

bonsoir
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Labdien

Good Morning

Bonjour
Labrīt

Please

S'il vous plaît
lūdzu

Sorry

désolé
Piedodiet!

Bye

au revoir
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Je t'aime
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Livonian

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Latvia

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Africa
Latvia

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Français
Lettish

French Name

français
letton

German Name

Französisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

French people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

9th Century
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Latvian

Language Position

139
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
lav

ISO 639 2/B

fre
lav

ISO 639 3

fra
lav

ISO 639 6

fras
lav

Glottocode

stan1290
latv1249

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

French and Latvian Alphabets

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

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

French and Latvian Speaking population

French and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Latvian on French vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Latvian Language Codes

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