Countries
European Union, Latvia
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Latvia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Paldies
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Labvakar
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Labrīt
Dobré ráno
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Dovidenia
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Livonian
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Latvia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Latvia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Lettish
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
letton
slovaque
German Name
Lettisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Slovaks
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Latvian
Slovak
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
slov1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Latvian and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Slovak Speaking population
Latvian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak 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 Slovak on Latvian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Slovak Language Codes
Latvian and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.