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Latvian and Slovene


Slovene and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Halo  

Thank You
Paldies  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Dobro jutro  

Please
lūdzu  
Prosim  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Italy  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
letton  
slovène  

German Name
Lettisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1530  
972-1093  

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  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
slv  

ISO 639 3
lav  
slv  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Latvian and Slovene Speaking population

Latvian and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene on Latvian vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Slovene Language Codes

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