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Bosnian and Latvian


Latvian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Zdravo   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Hvala   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Labrīt   

Please
molim vas   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Zbogom   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Volim te   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lettish   

French Name
bosniaque   
letton   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
lav   

ISO 639 3
bos   
lav   

ISO 639 6
boss   
not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
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 Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Latvian Speaking population

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Bosnian and Latvian Language Codes

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