Latvian and Hungarian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
National Language
Latvia
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
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.
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Derived From
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East and South Slavic Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
köszönöm
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Hogy vagy?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Jó Éjszakát
Good Evening
Labvakar
jó Estét
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Jó Napot Kívánok
Good Morning
Labrīt
jó Reggelt
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
viszlát
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Szeretlek
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
elnézést
Dialect 1
Livonian
Csángó
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bacău County, Rumania
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Oberwart
Where They Speak
Latvia
Austria
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Székely
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Székely Land
Native Name
latviešu valoda
magyar / magyar nyelv
Alternative Names
Lettish
Magyar
French Name
letton
hongrois
German Name
Lettisch
Ungarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Hungarians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Hungarian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Hungarian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Hungarian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
hung1274
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
ohu
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Latvian and Hungarian 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 Hungarian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Hungarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Hungarian Dialects are spoken in different Hungarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Hungarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Hungarian dialects include: Csángó , Oberwart. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Hungarian Speaking population
Latvian and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. 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 Hungarian on Latvian vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Hungarian Language Codes
Latvian and Hungarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Hungarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.