Latvian and Santali
Countries
European Union, Latvia
India
National Language
Latvia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Paldies
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Labvakar
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Labdien
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Good Morning
Labrīt
Boge Setak’
Please
lūdzu
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Sorry
Piedodiet!
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Bye
Uz redzēšanos
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I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
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Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
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Dialect 1
Livonian
Mahali
Where They Speak
Latvia
India
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Not present
Where They Speak
Latvia
Not Available
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Not present
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
letton
santal
German Name
Lettisch
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Santali
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
sant1410
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Latvian and Santali 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 Santali dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Santali Speaking population
Latvian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Latvian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Santali Language Codes
Latvian and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.