Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.