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Latvian

Basque
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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
France, Spain

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Spanish

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
Kaixo

Thank You

Paldies
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
Zer moduz?

Good Night

Ar labunakti
Gabon

Good Evening

Labvakar
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

Labdien
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

Labrīt
Egun on

Please

lūdzu
Mesedez

Sorry

Piedodiet!
Barkatu

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
Agur

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

Latvia
France

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
Souletin

Where They Speak

Latvia
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Biscayan

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Spain

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

36
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
Euskara

Alternative Names

Lettish
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

letton
basque

German Name

Lettisch
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Basque people

History

Origin

1530
c. 1000

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

Baltic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

Latvian
Basque

Language Position

930
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
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Code

ISO 639 1

lv
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
eus

ISO 639 2/B

lav
baq

ISO 639 3

lav
eus

ISO 639 6

lav
eus

Glottocode

latv1249
basq1248

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Agglutinative

Latvian and Basque Alphabets

Latvian and Basque Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Basque. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Latvian and Basque languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Basque languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs Basque greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Basque are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and Basque Speaking population

Latvian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Latvian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Basque Language Codes

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