Countries
European Union, Latvia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
917
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
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
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Paldies
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Labvakar
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Labrīt
Hach ch'i
Please
lūdzu
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Piedodiet!
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Latvia
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Poguli
Where They Speak
Latvia
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Rambani
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Lettish
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
letton
kashmiri
German Name
Lettisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1530
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Kashmiri
Language Position
923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
kas
ISO 639 2/B
lav
kas
ISO 639 3
lav
kas
ISO 639 6
lav
kas
Glottocode
latv1249
kash1277
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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