Countries
European Union, Latvia
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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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
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
hallo
Thank You
Paldies
takk
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
god natt
Good Evening
Labvakar
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Labdien
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Labrīt
god morgen
Please
lūdzu
Vær så snill
Sorry
Piedodiet!
unnskyld
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
ha det
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Livonian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Latvia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Latvia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
319
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Norsk
Alternative Names
Lettish
Norsk
French Name
letton
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Lettisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Norwegians
Origin
1530
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lv
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
nor
ISO 639 2/B
lav
nor
ISO 639 3
lav
nor
ISO 639 6
lav
nor
Glottocode
latv1249
norw1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional