Countries
European Union, Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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 in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Lettish
Montenegrin
German Name
Lettisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Serbs
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
serb1264
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.
Latvian and Serbian Speaking population
Latvian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian on Latvian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Serbian Language Codes
Latvian and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
