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Turkish and Latvian


Latvian and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Sveiki  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Labdien  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Labrīt  

Please
lütfen  
lūdzu  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Lettish  

French Name
turc  
letton  

German Name
Türkisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1530  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Baltic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Latvian  

Language Position
19  
17
9  
9

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
lav  

ISO 639 3
tur  
lav  

ISO 639 6
tur  
lav  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Turkish and Latvian Speaking population

Turkish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Latvian on Turkish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Latvian Language Codes

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