Latvian and Abkhaz
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Latvia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Sveiki
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Paldies
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
lūdzu
Not Available
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Not Available
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Not available
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Not available
Where They Speak
Latvia
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Latvia
Caucasus
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Sadz
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
letton
abkhaze
German Name
Lettisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
abks
Glottocode
latv1249
abkh1244
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Latvian and Abkhaz 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 Latvian and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Abkhaz Speaking population
Latvian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz 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 Latvian and Abkhaz on Latvian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Abkhaz Language Codes
Latvian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.