Countries
European Union, Latvia
Ukraine
National Language
Latvia
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Sveiki
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Paldies
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Podillian
Where They Speak
Latvia
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Volynian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Rivne, Volyn
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Steppe
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
letton
ukrainien
German Name
Lettisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Ukrainians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
latv1249
ukra1253
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Latvian and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Ukrainian Speaking population
Latvian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Latvian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Ukrainian Language Codes
Latvian and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.