Countries
European Union, Latvia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Latvia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Paldies
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Labvakar
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Labrīt
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
lūdzu
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Latvia
Olonets
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Novgorod
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Русский
Alternative Names
Lettish
Russki
German Name
Lettisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
russ1263
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Latvian and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Russian Speaking population
Latvian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Latvian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Russian Language Codes
Latvian and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.