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Kazakh and Latvian


Latvian and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Latvia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Labdien  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Labrīt  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
lūdzu  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
bye  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Lettish  

French Name
kazakh  
letton  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1530  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Baltic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Latvian  

Language Position
93  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
lav  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
lav  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
lav  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Kazakh and Latvian Speaking population

Kazakh and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Latvian on Kazakh vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Latvian Language Codes

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

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