Countries
European Union, Latvia
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Old German Language
Derived From
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Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Paldies
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Labvakar
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Labdien
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Labrīt
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
lūdzu
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Not present
Where They Speak
Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Not present
Where They Speak
Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Not present
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
30
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
letton
sanskrit
German Name
Lettisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1530
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Latvian
Sanskrit
Language Position
923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
-
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
san
ISO 639 2/B
lav
san
ISO 639 3
lav
san
ISO 639 6
lav
san
Glottocode
latv1249
sans1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic