Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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
Latvian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.