Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Per Favore
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Lettish
  
French Name
italien
  
letton
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Italian and Latvian Speaking population
Italian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Latvian on Italian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Italian and Latvian Language Codes
Italian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.