Latvian and Japanese
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Japan
National Language
Latvia
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Sveiki
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Paldies
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Labvakar
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Labrīt
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
lūdzu
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Latvia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Latvia
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Kansai
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
日本語
Alternative Names
Lettish
Not Available
French Name
letton
japonais
German Name
Lettisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Latvian
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
nucl1643
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Latvian and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Japanese Speaking population
Latvian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Latvian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Japanese Language Codes
Latvian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.