Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Latvia
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Sveiki
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Paldies
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Labvakar
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Labrīt
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
lūdzu
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Latvia
South Korea
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Latvia
South Korea
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
China, North Korea
Native Name
latviešu valoda
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
letton
coréen
German Name
Lettisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Koreans
Origin
1530
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
kore1280
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Latvian and Korean 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 Korean dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Korean Speaking population
Latvian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Latvian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Korean Language Codes
Latvian and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.