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Latvian and Latvian


Latvian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
9  
9
9  
9

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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