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Latvian and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Latvia  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Thank you  
Paldies  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Labrīt  

Please
Please  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Sorry  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Bye  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
I love you  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lettish  

French Name
anglais  
letton  

German Name
Englisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Latvian  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
lav  

ISO 639 3
eng  
lav  

ISO 639 6
engs  
not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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English and Latvian Speaking population

English and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Latvian on English vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Latvian Language Codes

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