Countries
European Union, Latvia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
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46
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National Language
Latvia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Hello
Sveiki
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Paldies
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Labrīt
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
lūdzu
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
извините(izvinite)