Countries
European Union, Latvia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Latvia
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Azerbaijani Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Labvakar
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Labrīt
günaydın
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Hoşçakal
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Livonian
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Latvia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Gagauz
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Lettish
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Lettisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Latvian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
nucl1301
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Latvian and Turkish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Latvian and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Turkish Speaking population
Latvian and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Latvian and Turkish on Latvian vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Turkish Language Codes
Latvian and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.