Estonian and Latvian
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Head ööd
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Labdien
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Labrīt
Sorry
Vabandust
Piedodiet!
Bye
Head aega
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Livonian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Tartu
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Latvia
Dialect 3
Idamurre
High Latvian
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Lettish
French Name
estonien
letton
German Name
Estnisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Estonians
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Baltic
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Estonian 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 Estonian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Latvian Speaking population
Estonian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian and Latvian on Estonian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Latvian Language Codes
Estonian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.