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Latvian and Swedish


Swedish and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Latvia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
Paldies   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
god morgon   

Please
lūdzu   
vänligen   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
ledsen   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
hej då   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
letton   
suédois   

German Name
Lettisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1530   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
swe   

ISO 639 3
lav   
swe   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

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

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Latvian and Swedish Speaking population

Latvian and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Latvian vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Swedish Language Codes

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

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