Countries
European Union, Latvia
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Czech Republic
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
932
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
ahoj
Thank You
Paldies
děkuji
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Labvakar
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Labdien
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
Labrīt
dobré ráno
Please
lūdzu
prosím
Sorry
Piedodiet!
litovat
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
sbohem
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
promiňte
Dialect 1
Livonian
Chod
Where They Speak
Latvia
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Lach
Where They Speak
Latvia
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Moravian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
letton
tchèque
German Name
Lettisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Czechs
Origin
1530
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Czech
Language Position
973
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
ces
ISO 639 2/B
lav
cze
ISO 639 3
lav
ces
ISO 639 6
lav
ces
Glottocode
latv1249
czec1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic