Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Croatia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
Latvian and Bosnian Speaking population
Latvian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian 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 Bosnian on Latvian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Bosnian Language Codes
Latvian and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.