1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Latvia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Latvian State Language Center
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Finnish
Lithuanian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Kā jums klājas?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ma armastan sind
Es tevi mīlu
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Latvia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Latvia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
France, Latvia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.10 million1.75 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.95 million1.75 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
eesti keel
latviešu valoda
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Estonians
Latvians or Letts
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology