Latvian and Norwegian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Norway
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
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Livonian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Latvia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Latvia
Sogn
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Hallingdal, Valdres
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
latv1249
norw1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Latvian and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Norwegian Speaking population
Latvian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Latvian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Norwegian Language Codes
Latvian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.