Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
albanais
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1530
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Latvian and Albanian Speaking population
Latvian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian on Latvian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Albanian Language Codes
Latvian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.