Countries
European Union, Latvia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Latvia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
915
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
hallo
Thank You
Paldies
Dankie
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Ar labunakti
goeie nag
Good Evening
Labvakar
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Labrīt
goeie more
Please
lūdzu
asseblief
Sorry
Piedodiet!
jammer
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Totsiens
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Livonian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Lettish
Cape Dutch
French Name
letton
afrikaans
German Name
Lettisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Afrikaners
Origin
1530
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
923
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
afr
ISO 639 2/B
lav
afr
ISO 639 3
lav
afr
ISO 639 6
lav
afrs
Glottocode
latv1249
afri1274
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic