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Albanian and Latvian


Latvian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Latvia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Labdien   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Labrīt   

Please
Ju lutem   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Me fal   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lettish   

French Name
albanais   
letton   

German Name
Albanisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
lav   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Albanian and Latvian Speaking population

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Albanian and Latvian Language Codes

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