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Latvian and Korean


Korean and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Latvia   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
21   
18

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Paldies   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
lūdzu   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
letton   
coréen   

German Name
Lettisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1530   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
kor   

ISO 639 3
lav   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Latvian and Korean Speaking population

Latvian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Latvian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Korean Language Codes

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

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