Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
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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Hello
Sveiki
alo
Thank You
Paldies
multumesc
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Labvakar
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Labdien
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Labrīt
bună Dimineața
Please
lūdzu
Vă Rog
Sorry
Piedodiet!
scuze
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
La revedere
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Livonian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Română
Alternative Names
Lettish
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
letton
roumain; moldave
German Name
Lettisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Romanians
Origin
1530
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Romanian
Language Position
936
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
ron
ISO 639 2/B
lav
rum
ISO 639 3
lav
ron
ISO 639 6
lav
ron
Glottocode
latv1249
roma1327
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic