Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Paldies
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Labvakar
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Labrīt
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
lūdzu
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
bye
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Latvia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Latvia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Lettish
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
letton
kazakh
German Name
Lettisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Kazahks
Origin
1530
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Kazakh
Language Position
993
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
lav
kaz
ISO 639 3
lav
kaz
ISO 639 6
lav
kaz
Glottocode
latv1249
kaza1248
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative