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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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