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Macedonian and Latvian


Latvian and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Latvia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
26   
16
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Labrīt   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
lūdzu   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Lettish   

French Name
macédonien   
letton   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Baltic   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
lav   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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All Macedonian and Latvian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Macedonian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Latvian Speaking population

Macedonian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Macedonian and Latvian on Macedonian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Latvian Language Codes

Macedonian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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