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Latvian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Latvia   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hallo   

Thank You
Paldies   
takk   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
god natt   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
god morgen   

Please
lūdzu   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
ha det   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Norsk   

French Name
letton   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Lettisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1530   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 3
lav   
nor   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Latvian and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Latvian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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