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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

462
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Latvia

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2224
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
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Sveiki

Thank You

Gracias
Paldies

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Labdien

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Labrīt

Please

Por Favor
lūdzu

Sorry

triste
Piedodiet!

Bye

adiós
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Te Quiero
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Livonian

Where They Speak

Mexico
Latvia

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Cuba
Latvia

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

213
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Lettish

French Name

espagnol; castillan
letton

German Name

Spanisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

210 BC
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Latvian

Language Position

29
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

es
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
lav

ISO 639 2/B

spa
lav

ISO 639 3

spa
lav

ISO 639 6

spa
lav

Glottocode

stan1288
latv1249

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Spanish and Latvian Alphabets

Spanish and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Latvian. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Spanish and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Latvian languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Spanish 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 Spanish and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Spanish and Latvian Speaking population

Spanish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Spanish and Latvian on Spanish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Latvian Language Codes

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