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Latvian and English


English and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Latvia   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Hello   

Thank You
Paldies   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Good Morning   

Please
lūdzu   
Please   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Sorry   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Bye   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
English   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Not Available   

French Name
letton   
anglais   

German Name
Lettisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
eng   

ISO 639 3
lav   
eng   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
latv1249   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and English Speaking population

Latvian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Latvian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and English Language Codes

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

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