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Latvian and Italian


Italian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Latvia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ciao  

Thank You
Paldies  
grazie  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
buongiorno  

Please
lūdzu  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
scusate  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Italiano  

French Name
letton  
italien  

German Name
Lettisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Italians  

History

Origin
1530  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Italian  

Language Position
9  
9
27  
25

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ita  

ISO 639 6
lav  
itas  

Glottocode
latv1249  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Latvian and Italian Speaking population

Latvian and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Latvian vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Italian Language Codes

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

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