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Spanish and Latvian


Latvian and Spanish


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
46  
1
2  
13

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
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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
105,000,000.00  
6
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
2.00 million  
99+

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
2  
2
9  
9

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  

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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.

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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

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