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Latvian
Latvian

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French



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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2420
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
bonjour

Thank You

Paldies
Merci

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Ar labunakti
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Labvakar
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Labdien
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Labrīt
Bonjour

Please

lūdzu
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Piedodiet!
désolé

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
au revoir

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Latvia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
African French

Where They Speak

Latvia
Africa

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Swiss French

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
français

Alternative Names

Lettish
Français

French Name

letton
français

German Name

Lettisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
French people

History

Origin

1530
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Latvian
Standard French

Language Position

913
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
fra

ISO 639 2/B

lav
fre

ISO 639 3

lav
fra

ISO 639 6

lav
fras

Glottocode

latv1249
stan1290

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Latvian and French Alphabets

Latvian and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and French. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Latvian and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and French Speaking population

Latvian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Latvian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and French Language Codes

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