Countries
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
France, Spain
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sveiki
Kaixo
Thank You
Paldies
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Gabon
Good Evening
Labvakar
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Labrīt
Egun on
Please
lūdzu
Mesedez
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Barkatu
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Agur
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Barkatu
Dialects
Dialect 1
Livonian
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Latvia
France
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Souletin
Where They Speak
Latvia
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Biscayan
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Euskara
Alternative Names
Lettish
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
letton
basque
German Name
Lettisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Basque people
History
Origin
1530
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Basque
Language Position
930
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
Code
ISO 639 1
lv
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
eus
ISO 639 2/B
lav
baq
ISO 639 3
lav
eus
ISO 639 6
lav
eus
Glottocode
latv1249
basq1248
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative