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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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