Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Bon dia
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
letton
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1530
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Catalan Speaking population
Latvian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan 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 Catalan on Latvian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Catalan Language Codes
Latvian and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.