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Latvian and Polish


Polish and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Latvia   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
cześć   

Thank You
Paldies   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Dzień dobry   

Please
lūdzu   
proszę   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Poland   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
letton   
polonais   

German Name
Lettisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Poles   

History

Origin
1530   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
pol   

ISO 639 3
lav   
pol   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
latv1249   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Polish Speaking population

Latvian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Latvian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Polish Language Codes

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