Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
France, Latvia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
Bosnian and Latvian Speaking population
Bosnian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Bosnian and Latvian on Bosnian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Latvian Language Codes
Bosnian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.