Countries
European Union, Latvia
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3348
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2439
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
dobry dzień
Thank You
Paldies
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Dabranač
Good Evening
Labvakar
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Labdien
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dobraj ranicy
Please
lūdzu
Kali laska
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Vybačajcie
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
da pabačennia
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Livonian
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Latvia
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Latvia
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million9.63 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 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
letton
biélorusse
German Name
Lettisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Belarusians
Origin
1530
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Latvian
Belarusian
Language Position
979
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
bel
ISO 639 2/B
lav
bel
ISO 639 3
lav
bel
ISO 639 6
lav
bel
Glottocode
latv1249
bela1254
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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