Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Latvia
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Egun on
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
letton
  
basque
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1530
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
All Latvian and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Basque Speaking population
Latvian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Latvian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Basque Language Codes
Latvian and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.