Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Germany
Latvia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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 English Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
guten Abend
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Labdien
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Labrīt
Sorry
Verzeihung
Piedodiet!
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Livonian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Latvia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Germany
Latvia
Dialect 3
Texas German
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Texas
France, Latvia
Native Name
Deutsch
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Lettish
French Name
allemand
letton
German Name
Deutsch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Germans
Latvians or Letts
Origin
6th Century AD
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Latvian
Signed Forms
Signed German
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
latv1249
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All German 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 German and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of German and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Latvian Speaking population
German and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Latvian on German vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Latvian Language Codes
German and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.