Countries
Countries
European Union, Latvia
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3325
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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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
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sveiki
Halo
Thank You
Paldies
Hvala
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Labvakar
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Dober dan
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dobro jutro
Please
lūdzu
Prosim
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Oprostite
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Oprostite
Dialects
Dialect 1
Livonian
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Latvia
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Resian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Styrian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
348
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Lettish
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
letton
slovène
German Name
Lettisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Slovenes
History
Origin
1530
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Slovene
Language Position
928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lv
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
slv
ISO 639 2/B
lav
slv
ISO 639 3
lav
slv
ISO 639 6
lav
slv
Glottocode
latv1249
slov1268
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional