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Latvian and Dutch


Dutch and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Latvia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hallo   

Thank You
Paldies   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
goedemorgen   

Please
lūdzu   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
sorry   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
letton   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Lettisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1530   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
dut   

ISO 639 3
lav   
nld   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Dutch Speaking population

Latvian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Latvian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Dutch Language Codes

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