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Latvian and Serbian


Serbian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Latvia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Paldies   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
lūdzu   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Montenegrin   

French Name
letton   
serbe   

German Name
Lettisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Serbs   

History

Origin
1530   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
srp   

ISO 639 3
lav   
srp   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Latvian and Serbian Speaking population

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Latvian and Serbian Language Codes

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