Countries
European Union, Latvia
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3346
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
915
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2438
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Ahoj
Thank You
Paldies
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Labvakar
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dobré ráno
Please
lūdzu
Prosím
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Pardón!
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Dovidenia
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Latvia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Lettish
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
letton
slovaque
German Name
Lettisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Slovaks
Origin
1530
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Latvian
Slovak
Language Position
927
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
slk
ISO 639 2/B
lav
slo
ISO 639 3
lav
slk
ISO 639 6
lav
slk
Glottocode
latv1249
slov1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic