Countries
European Union, Latvia
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3338
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Paldies
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
lūdzu
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
letton
arménien
German Name
Lettisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Armenians
Origin
1530
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
hye
ISO 639 2/B
lav
arm
ISO 639 3
lav
hye
ISO 639 6
lav
hye
Glottocode
latv1249
arme1241
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic