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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
Hello

Thank You

Paldies
Thank you

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
How are you?

Good Night

Ar labunakti
Good Night

Good Evening

Labvakar
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Labdien
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Labrīt
Good Morning

Please

lūdzu
Please

Sorry

Piedodiet!
Sorry

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
Bye

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
I love you

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
American English

Where They Speak

Latvia
United States of America

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Latvia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Welsh English

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
English

Alternative Names

Lettish
English

French Name

letton
anglais

German Name

Lettisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
English people

History

Origin

1530
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Baltic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Latvian
Standard English

Language Position

93
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
eng

ISO 639 2/B

lav
eng

ISO 639 3

lav
eng

ISO 639 6

lav
engs

Glottocode

latv1249
stan1293

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Latvian and English Alphabets

Latvian and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and English. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Latvian and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and English languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and English Speaking population

Latvian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Latvian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and English Language Codes

Latvian and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.