Hungarian and Latvian
Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Latvia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
- 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
köszönöm
Paldies
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
jó Estét
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
Labdien
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
Labrīt
Bye
viszlát
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Szeretlek
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
elnézést
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Csángó
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
Latvia
Dialect 2
Oberwart
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Austria
Latvia
Dialect 3
Székely
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Székely Land
France, Latvia
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Magyar
Lettish
French Name
hongrois
letton
German Name
Ungarisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Hungarians
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Baltic
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
hung1274
latv1249
Linguasphere
ohu
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Hungarian 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 Hungarian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Hungarian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hungarian are spoken in different Hungarian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hungarian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hungarian dialects include: Csángó, Oberwart. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hungarian and Latvian Speaking population
Hungarian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hungarian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Hungarian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 % 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 Hungarian and Latvian on Hungarian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hungarian and Latvian Language Codes
Hungarian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hungarian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.