Countries
Israel
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Israel
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Lettish
  
French Name
hébreu
  
letton
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1530
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hebrew and Latvian Speaking population
Hebrew and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Latvian on Hebrew vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Latvian Language Codes
Hebrew and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.