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Hungarian and Latvian


Latvian and Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Latvia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
  • 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Sveiki   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Labdien   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Labrīt   

Please
Kérlek   
lūdzu   

Sorry
bocsi   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
viszlát   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Székely   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Lettish   

French Name
hongrois   
letton   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
1530   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Baltic   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Latvian   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
lav   

ISO 639 3
hun   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
ohu   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Hungarian and Latvian Speaking population

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Hungarian and Latvian Language Codes

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