Countries
European Union, Latvia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Bwakeye
Thank You
Paldies
Urakoze
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Labvakar
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Labrīt
Mwaramutse
Please
lūdzu
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Ndasubiza
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
N’agasaga
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Livonian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Latvia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Ha
Where They Speak
Latvia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Shubi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Lettish
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
letton
rundi
German Name
Lettisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1530
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Baltic
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Kirundi
Language Position
986
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
lv
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
run
ISO 639 2/B
lav
run
ISO 639 3
lav
run
ISO 639 6
lav
run
Glottocode
latv1249
rund1242
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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