Latvian and Mongolian
Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Mongolia
National Language
Latvia
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Sveiki
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Paldies
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Labrīt
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
lūdzu
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Mongolia
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Lettish
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French Name
letton
mongol
German Name
Lettisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
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/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Baltic
Mongolian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
latv1249
mong1331
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Latvian and Mongolian 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 Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Mongolian Speaking population
Latvian and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. 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 Mongolian on Latvian vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Mongolian Language Codes
Latvian and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.