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Latvian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Lithuania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

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   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Paldies   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Labas rytas   

Please
lūdzu   
Prašom   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
atsiprašau   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Ate   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
letton   
lituanien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Lithuanian   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
lit   

ISO 639 3
lav   
lit   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Lithuanian Speaking population

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Latvian and Lithuanian Language Codes

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