Countries
European Union, Latvia
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3322
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
90
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2422
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Paldies
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Labvakar
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Labrīt
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
lūdzu
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Livonian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Latvia
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Latvia
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million9.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
letton
hébreu
German Name
Lettisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1530
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
heb
ISO 639 2/B
lav
heb
ISO 639 3
lav
heb
ISO 639 6
lav
heb
Glottocode
latv1249
hebr1246
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic