Latvian and Croatian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Latvia
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
-
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
kako si
Good Night
Ar labunakti
laku noć
Good Evening
Labvakar
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Labdien
dobar dan
Good Morning
Labrīt
dobro jutro
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Oprostite
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Doviđenja
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Volim te
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Livonian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Croatia
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Croatia
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
latviešu valoda
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Lettish
Hrvatski
French Name
letton
croate
German Name
Lettisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Croats
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
croa1245
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Latvian and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Croatian Speaking population
Latvian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Latvian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Croatian Language Codes
Latvian and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.