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Italian and Latvian


Latvian and Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

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
27  
25
9  
9

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  

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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.

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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.

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