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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Latvia

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2133
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1624
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

ciao
Sveiki

Thank You

grazie
Paldies

How Are You?

Come stai?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

buonanotte
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

buonasera
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Labdien

Good Morning

buongiorno
Labrīt

Please

Per Favore
lūdzu

Sorry

scusate
Piedodiet!

Bye

arrivederci
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Ti amo
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Scusami
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Livonian

Where They Speak

Lazio
Latvia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Latvia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

153
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Italiano
Lettish

French Name

italien
letton

German Name

Italienisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Italians
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

960 BC
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian
Latvian

Language Position

279
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

it
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
lav

ISO 639 2/B

ita
lav

ISO 639 3

ita
lav

ISO 639 6

itas
lav

Glottocode

ital1282
latv1249

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
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

Italian and Latvian Alphabets

Italian and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Latvian. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Italian and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Latvian languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Latvian Speaking population

Italian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Latvian on Italian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Latvian Language Codes

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