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Latvian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
University of Sarajevo   

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.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Paldies   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Dobro jutro   

Please
lūdzu   
molim vas   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Not Available   

French Name
letton   
bosniaque   

German Name
Lettisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
1530   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
bos   

ISO 639 3
lav   
bos   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
latv1249   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Latvian and Bosnian 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 Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Bosnian Speaking population

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Latvian and Bosnian Language Codes

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