Countries
European Union, Latvia
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Latvia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2426
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Salam
Thank You
Paldies
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
chone tao?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Labvakar
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Labdien
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Labrīt
jawáin sawáh
Please
lūdzu
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Piedodiet!
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
bye
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Latvia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Lettish
Baluchi
French Name
letton
baloutchi
German Name
Lettisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1530
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Balochi
Language Position
939
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
bal
ISO 639 2/B
lav
bal
ISO 639 3
lav
bal
ISO 639 6
lav
bal
Glottocode
latv1249
balo1260
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-