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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2417
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Paldies
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Ar labunakti
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Labvakar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Labdien
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Labrīt
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

lūdzu
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Piedodiet!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Latvia
Greece

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
Griko

Where They Speak

Latvia
Italy

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Mariupol

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Lettish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

letton
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Lettisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1530
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Latvian
Modern Greek

Language Position

974
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
ell

ISO 639 2/B

lav
gre

ISO 639 3

lav
ell

ISO 639 6

lav
ells

Glottocode

latv1249
gree1276

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Latvian and Greek Alphabets

Latvian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Greek. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Latvian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and Greek Speaking population

Latvian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Latvian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Greek Language Codes

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