Countries
European Union, Latvia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Paldies
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Labvakar
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Labrīt
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
lūdzu
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Latvia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Doabi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Lettish
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
letton
pendjabi
German Name
Lettisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Punjabis
Origin
1530
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
lv
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
pan
ISO 639 2/B
lav
pan
ISO 639 3
lav
pan
ISO 639 6
lav
panj
Glottocode
latv1249
panj1256
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional