Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Sveiki
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Paldies
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Labdien
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Labrīt
Please
Молим (Molim)
lūdzu
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Piedodiet!
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Livonian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Latvia
Dialect 3
Torlakian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Lettish
German Name
Serbisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Serbs
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Baltic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
latv1249
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Serbian 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 Serbian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Latvian Speaking population
Serbian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian and Latvian on Serbian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Latvian Language Codes
Serbian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.