Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Czech Republic
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ahoj
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
děkuji
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
dobrou noc
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
dobrý večer
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
dobré ráno
  
Labrīt
  
Please
prosím
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
litovat
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
sbohem
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Miluji tě
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
promiňte
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Chod
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Lach
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Moravian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
  
Lettish
  
French Name
tchèque
  
letton
  
German Name
Tschechisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Czechs
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
cs
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ces
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
cze
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ces
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
czec1258
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Czech and Latvian Speaking population
Czech and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % 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 Czech and Latvian on Czech vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Czech and Latvian Language Codes
Czech and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Czech and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.