Latvian and Bulgarian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Latvia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Paldies
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
lūdzu
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Pirdop
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Bulgaria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Balgarski
French Name
letton
bulgare
German Name
Lettisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
buls
Glottocode
latv1249
bulg1262
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Latvian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Bulgarian Speaking population
Latvian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian on Latvian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Bulgarian Language Codes
Latvian and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.