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Latvian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

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  

History

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
9  
9
24  
22

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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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Latvian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Bosnian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Bosnian Language History.

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Latvian and Bosnian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Bosnian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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