Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
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
Ačiū
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Labanakt
Good Evening
Labvakar
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Laba diena
Good Morning
Labrīt
Labas rytas
Please
lūdzu
Prašom
Sorry
Piedodiet!
atsiprašau
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Ate
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Livonian
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Curonian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Lettish
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
letton
lituanien
German Name
Lettisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Lithuanians
Origin
1530
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Lithuanian
Language Position
944
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
lit
ISO 639 2/B
lav
lit
ISO 639 3
lav
lit
ISO 639 6
lav
lit
Glottocode
latv1249
lith1251
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic