Countries
European Union, Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2425
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
Zdravo
Thank You
Paldies
Hvala
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kako si?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Laku noc
Good Evening
Labvakar
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dobro jutro
Please
lūdzu
molim vas
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Oprostite
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Zbogom
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Volim te
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Livonian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
letton
bosniaque
German Name
Lettisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Bosniaks
Origin
1530
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Bosnian
Language Position
924
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
bos
ISO 639 2/B
lav
bos
ISO 639 3
lav
bos
ISO 639 6
lav
boss
Glottocode
latv1249
bosn1245
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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