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Kazakh and Latvian


Latvian and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Latvia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Labdien   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Labrīt   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
lūdzu   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
bye   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Lettish   

French Name
kazakh   
letton   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1530   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Baltic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Latvian   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
lav   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Kazakh and Latvian Speaking population

Kazakh and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Latvian on Kazakh vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Latvian Language Codes

Kazakh and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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