Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-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
Hallo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Please
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Farvel
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Lettish
  
French Name
danois
  
letton
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Danish and Latvian Speaking population
Danish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish and Latvian on Danish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Latvian Language Codes
Danish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.