Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Latvia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
goeie more
  
Please
lūdzu
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
jammer
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
letton
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1530
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
All Latvian and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Latvian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans on Latvian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Latvian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.