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Latvian and Danish


Danish and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Latvia   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hallo   

Thank You
Paldies   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
God nat   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
God morgen   

Please
lūdzu   
Please   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Farvel   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
letton   
danois   

German Name
Lettisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Rigsdansk   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
dan   

ISO 639 3
lav   
dan   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Latvian and Danish Speaking population

Latvian and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish on Latvian vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Danish Language Codes

Latvian and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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