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Latvian and Esperanto


Esperanto and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Latvia   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Halo   

Thank You
Paldies   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Bonan matenon   

Please
lūdzu   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Not present   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
letton   
espéranto   

German Name
Lettisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Esperanto   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signuno   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
epo   

ISO 639 3
lav   
epo   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Latvian and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Latvian and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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