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Basque and Latvian


Latvian and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
France, Spain   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Labrīt   

Please
Mesedez   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Agur   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
France   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Lettish   

French Name
basque   
letton   

German Name
Baskisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
1530   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
lav   

ISO 639 3
eus   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Basque and Latvian Speaking population

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Basque and Latvian Language Codes

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