Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
letton
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
1530
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Belarusian Speaking population
Latvian and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Belarusian on Latvian vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Belarusian Language Codes
Latvian and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.