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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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