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Latvian and Hungarian


Hungarian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Latvia   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
14   
11

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
szia   

Thank You
Paldies   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
jó Reggelt   

Please
lūdzu   
Kérlek   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
bocsi   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
viszlát   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Bacău County, Rumania   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Austria   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Székely   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Székely Land   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
11   
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Magyar   

French Name
letton   
hongrois   

German Name
Lettisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
1530   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
hun   

ISO 639 3
lav   
hun   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Hungarian Speaking population

Latvian and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. 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 Hungarian on Latvian vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Hungarian Language Codes

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