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Latvian and Basque


Basque and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

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
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
letton   
basque   

German Name
Lettisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

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
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available. 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.

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