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Finnish and Latvian


Latvian and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Latvia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
13   
3
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Labrīt   

Please
haluta   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Heippa   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Lettish   

French Name
finnois   
letton   

German Name
Finnisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
1543   
1530   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Baltic   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
lav   

ISO 639 3
fin   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Finnish and Latvian Speaking population

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Finnish and Latvian Language Codes

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