Latvian and Estonian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Estonia, European Union
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Latvia
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Idamurre
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Lettish
Eesti keel
French Name
letton
estonien
German Name
Lettisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Estonians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Estonian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
esto1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Latvian and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Estonian Speaking population
Latvian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian on Latvian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Estonian Language Codes
Latvian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.