Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
bom Dia
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Português
  
French Name
letton
  
portugais
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1530
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Portuguese Speaking population
Latvian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Latvian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Portuguese Language Codes
Latvian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.