Countries
European Union, Latvia
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Helô
Thank You
Paldies
Diolch
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Nos da
Good Evening
Labvakar
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Labdien
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Labrīt
Bore da
Please
lūdzu
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Hwyl
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Latvia
Argentina
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Powys
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Lettish
Cymraeg
French Name
letton
gallois
German Name
Lettisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Welsh people
Origin
1530
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Latvian
Welsh
Language Position
931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
cym
ISO 639 2/B
lav
wel
ISO 639 3
lav
cym
ISO 639 6
lav
cym
Glottocode
latv1249
wels1247
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional