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Latvian and Basque


Basque and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
France  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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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.

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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

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