Countries
European Union, Latvia
Armenian Highland
National Language
Latvia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Greek
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Paldies
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
lūdzu
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
letton
arménien
German Name
Lettisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Armenians
Origin
1530
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
arme1241
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Latvian and Armenian 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 Latvian and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Armenian Speaking population
Latvian and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Latvian and Armenian on Latvian vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Armenian Language Codes
Latvian and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.