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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2435
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Namaskara
Thank You
Paldies
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Labvakar
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Labdien
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Labrīt
yedde kaande
Please
lūdzu
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Barpe
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Latvia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Jain
Where They Speak
Latvia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Girijan
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Tulu
Alternative Names
Lettish
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
letton
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German Name
Lettisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Tuluva
Origin
1530
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Tulu
Language Position
923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
lav
tul
ISO 639 3
lav
tcy
ISO 639 6
lav
tcy
Glottocode
latv1249
tulu1258
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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