Countries
European Union, Latvia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
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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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3362
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
92
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Paldies
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
lūdzu
амритана
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Амарахь
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
-
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Latvia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Latvia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Sadz
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
letton
abkhaze
German Name
Lettisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Abkhaz people
Origin
1530
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Abkhaz
Language Position
928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
abk
ISO 639 2/B
lav
abk
ISO 639 3
lav
abk
ISO 639 6
lav
abks
Glottocode
latv1249
abkh1244
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative