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Latvian and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Please
lūdzu  
будь ласк  

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

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  

History

Origin
1530  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
9  
9
26  
24

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
lav  
ukr  

Glottocode
latv1249  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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