Latvian and Polish
Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Poland
National Language
Latvia
Poland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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.
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Alphabets in
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Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
dziękuję
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Jak się masz?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
dobranoc
Good Evening
Labvakar
dobry wieczór
Good Afternoon
Labdien
dzień dobry
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dzień dobry
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Przepraszam
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
do widzenia
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
kocham Cię
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
przepraszam
Dialect 1
Livonian
Kashubian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Poland
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Masovian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Poland
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Silesian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Czech Republic, Poland
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Polski
Alternative Names
Lettish
Polnisch, Polski
French Name
letton
polonais
German Name
Lettisch
Polnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈpɔlski]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Poles
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Standard Forms
Latvian
Polish
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
poli1260
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-cc
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Latvian and Polish 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 Polish dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Polish Speaking population
Latvian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Latvian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Polish Language Codes
Latvian and Polish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Polish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.