Countries
European Union, Latvia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
27
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Azerbaijan 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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Turkish
Derived From
-
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2423
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Salam
Thank You
Paldies
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
necəsən
Good Night
Ar labunakti
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Labvakar
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Labrīt
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
lūdzu
lütfən
Sorry
Piedodiet!
üzr
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
xudafiz
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Livonian
Derbent
Where They Speak
Latvia
Russia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Latvia
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Baku
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
333
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million26.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Lettish
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
letton
azéri
German Name
Lettisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Azerbaijani
Origin
1530
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Azerbaijani
Language Position
938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lv
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
aze
ISO 639 2/B
lav
aze
ISO 639 3
lav
aze
ISO 639 6
lav
aze
Glottocode
latv1249
azer1255
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative