Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Latvian State Language Center
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 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2424
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
Sveiki
Thank You
Paldies
Paldies
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Labvakar
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Labdien
Good Morning
Labrīt
Labrīt
Please
lūdzu
lūdzu
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Piedodiet!
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Livonian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Lettish
Lettish
French Name
letton
letton
German Name
Lettisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1530
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Latvian
Language Position
99
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lv
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
lav
ISO 639 2/B
lav
lav
ISO 639 3
lav
lav
ISO 639 6
lav
lav
Glottocode
latv1249
latv1249
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic