Countries
European Union, Latvia
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3349
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2435
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Paldies
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Labvakar
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Labrīt
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
lūdzu
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Badaga
Where They Speak
Latvia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Urali
Where They Speak
Latvia
kerala
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Kurumba
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
letton
kannada
German Name
Lettisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Kannadiga
Origin
1530
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Latvian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
kan
ISO 639 2/B
lav
kan
ISO 639 3
lav
kan
ISO 639 6
lav
kan
Glottocode
latv1249
nucl1305
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-