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Latvian Language



Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Latvia

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Europe

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center

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.

Similar To
Lithuanian Language

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
33 15

Phonology

How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
24 14

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki

Thank You
Paldies

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night
Ar labunakti

Good Evening
Labvakar

Good Afternoon
Labdien

Good Morning
Labrīt

Please
lūdzu

Sorry
Piedodiet!

Bye
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian

Where They Speak
Latvia

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00 57

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak
Latvia

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00 55

Dialect 3
High Latvian

Where They Speak
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00 51

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million 82

Speaking Population
0.07 % 58

Native Speakers
1.75 million 77

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million 57

Native Name
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names
Lettish

French Name
letton

German Name
Lettisch

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin
1530

Language Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup
Baltic

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Latvian

Language Position
9 9

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
lav

ISO 639 2/B
lav

ISO 639 3
lav

ISO 639 6
lav

Glottocode
latv1249

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic

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Origin of Latvian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Latvian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Latvian language states that it was put to use in 1530. The history of Latvian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Latvian Language History. Latvian has no early forms. Latvian is the standard form of Latvian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Latvian Language.

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Latvian population

Latvian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Latvian language. Latvian language is spoken by 1.75 million people in the world. Most of the Latvian population lies in the Latvian Speaking Countries. Latvian language is spoken as first language by 1.75 million people and as second language by about 2.00 million people. Get to know Latvian speaking population in detail.

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Latvian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Latvian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Latvian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Latvian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Latvian language

Check out all the information about Latvian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Latvian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Latvian Speaking Countries, Latvian speaking continents and Latvian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Latvian countries knowing common Latvian Greetings will help you in communicating with Latvian people.

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