Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3340
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
921
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Sveiki
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Paldies
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Labvakar
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Labrīt
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
lūdzu
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Latvia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Latvia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
letton
coréen
German Name
Lettisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Koreans
Origin
1530
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
912
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
kor
ISO 639 2/B
lav
kor
ISO 639 3
lav
Kor
ISO 639 6
lav
kor
Glottocode
latv1249
kore1280
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative