Latvian and Finnish
Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Finland
National Language
Latvia
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
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?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Labvakar
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Labrīt
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Anteeksi
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Latvia
Finland
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Rauma
Where They Speak
Latvia
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Lettish
Suomi
French Name
letton
finnois
German Name
Lettisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Latvian
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
finn1318
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, Synthetic
All Latvian and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Finnish Speaking population
Latvian and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Latvian vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Finnish Language Codes
Latvian and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.