Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Latvia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
👆🏻
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
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
alo
Sveiki
Thank You
multumesc
Paldies
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
buna Seara
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Labdien
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Labrīt
Please
Vă Rog
lūdzu
Sorry
scuze
Piedodiet!
Bye
La revedere
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Te iubesc
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Latvia
How Many People Speak
250,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Croatia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,400.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Lettish
French Name
roumain; moldave
letton
German Name
Rumänisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1521
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Latvian
Language Position
369
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ro
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
lav
ISO 639 2/B
rum
lav
ISO 639 3
ron
lav
ISO 639 6
ron
lav
Glottocode
roma1327
latv1249
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic