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Latvian and Japanese


Japanese and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Paldies  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
lūdzu  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Kagawa  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Nihongo  

French Name
letton  
japonais  

German Name
Lettisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1530  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Japanese  

Language Position
9  
9
8  
8

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
lav  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
lav  
jpn  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Latvian and Japanese Speaking population

Latvian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Latvian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Japanese Language Codes

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