Countries
European Union, Latvia
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Institute of the Estonian 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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2418
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Tere
Thank You
Paldies
aitäh
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Head ööd
Good Evening
Labvakar
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Labrīt
Tere hommikust
Please
lūdzu
Palun
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Vabandust
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Head aega
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Livonian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Latvia
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Idamurre
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Lettish
Eesti keel
French Name
letton
estonien
German Name
Lettisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Estonians
Origin
1530
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Estonian
Language Position
922
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lv
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
est
ISO 639 2/B
lav
est
ISO 639 3
lav
est
ISO 639 6
lav
est
Glottocode
latv1249
esto1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative