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Latvian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
University of Sarajevo  

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.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Paldies  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Dobro jutro  

Please
lūdzu  
molim vas  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
letton  
bosniaque  

German Name
Lettisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Bosniaks  

History

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  
Bosnian  

Language Position
9  
9
24  
22

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
bos  

ISO 639 3
lav  
bos  

ISO 639 6
lav  
boss  

Glottocode
latv1249  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Latvian and Bosnian Speaking population

Latvian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Bosnian on Latvian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Bosnian Language Codes

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