Countries
European Union, Latvia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Paldies
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ar labunakti
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Labvakar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Labdien
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Labrīt
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lūdzu
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Piedodiet!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Livonian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Lettish
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
letton
pachto
German Name
Lettisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Pashtun
Origin
1530
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
pus
ISO 639 2/B
lav
pus
ISO 639 3
lav
pus
ISO 639 6
lav
pus
Glottocode
latv1249
pash1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional