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Latvian and German


German and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Latvia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Paldies   
Danke   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
guten Morgen   

Please
lūdzu   
bitte   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
letton   
allemand   

German Name
Lettisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Germans   

History

Origin
1530   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
ger   

ISO 639 3
lav   
deu   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
latv1249   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and German Speaking population

Latvian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Latvian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and German Language Codes

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

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