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Latvian and Portuguese

Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

210
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3323
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

99
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2419
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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
Olá

Thank You

Paldies
obrigado

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
Como você está?

Good Night

Ar labunakti
boa noite

Good Evening

Labvakar
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Labdien
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Labrīt
bom Dia

Please

lūdzu
Por Favor

Sorry

Piedodiet!
pesaroso

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
tchau

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Latvia
Brazil

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Latvia
Portugal

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

326
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
Português

Alternative Names

Lettish
Português

French Name

letton
portugais

German Name

Lettisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

1530
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Latvian
Portuguese

Language Position

96
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
por

ISO 639 2/B

lav
por

ISO 639 3

lav
por

ISO 639 6

lav
por

Glottocode

latv1249
port1283

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Latvian and Portuguese Alphabets

Latvian and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Portuguese. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Latvian and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Portuguese languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Latvian and Portuguese 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 Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Latvian and Portuguese Speaking population

Latvian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Latvian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Portuguese Language Codes

Latvian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.