1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
1.9 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sveiki
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
3.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
3.5 Good Evening
Labvakar
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Labdien
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.7 Good Morning
Labrīt
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1.2 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
2.3 Speaking Population
2.5 Native Speakers
1.75 million0.13 million
0.13
873
2.5.1 Second Language Speakers
2.5.2 Native Name
latviešu valoda
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
2.5.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
Abxazo, Abkhazian
2.5.4 French Name
2.5.5 German Name
2.6 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
2.7 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Abkhaz people
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
3.2.1 Subgroup
3.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
3.3.2 Standard Forms
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology