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Danish and Latvian


Latvian and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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