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Belarusian and Latvian


Latvian and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Latvia  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
39  
28
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Labrīt  

Please
Kali laska  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Latvia  

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
Not Available  

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Lettish  

French Name
biélorusse  
letton  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
18th century  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Baltic  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Latvian  

Language Position
79  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
lav  

ISO 639 3
bel  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Belarusian and Latvian Speaking population

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Belarusian and Latvian Language Codes

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