Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kazakhstan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
kaza1248
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Latvian and Kazakh 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 Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Kazakh Speaking population
Latvian and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Latvian vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Kazakh Language Codes
Latvian and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.