Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Island of Bornholm
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.