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Spanish and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Latvia   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
hola   

Thank You
Paldies   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Buenos Días   

Please
lūdzu   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
triste   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
adiós   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Español   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
letton   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Lettisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 3
lav   
spa   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Latvian and Spanish Speaking population

Latvian and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Latvian vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Spanish Language Codes

Latvian and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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