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Latvian Language



Countries
0

Countries
European Union, Latvia 0

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Latvia 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Europe 0

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center 0

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.
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Similar To
Lithuanian Language 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
33 15

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
24 14

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
Sveiki 0

Thank You
Paldies 0

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas? 0

Good Night
Ar labunakti 0

Good Evening
Labvakar 0

Good Afternoon
Labdien 0

Good Morning
Labrīt 0

Please
lūdzu 0

Sorry
Piedodiet! 0

Bye
Uz redzēšanos 0

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu 0

Excuse Me
Piedodiet! 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Livonian 0

Where They Speak
Latvia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian 0

Where They Speak
Latvia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
High Latvian 0

Where They Speak
France, Latvia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
1.75 million 82

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
1.75 million 77

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
latviešu valoda 0

Alternative Names
Lettish 0

French Name
letton 0

German Name
Lettisch 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts 0

History
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Origin
1530 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Baltic 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Latvian 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language 0

Scope
Macrolanguage 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
lv 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
lav 0

ISO 639 2/B
lav 0

ISO 639 3
lav 0

ISO 639 6
not Available 0

Glottocode
latv1249 0

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic 0

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Origin of Latvian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Latvian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Latvian language states that it was put to use in 1530. The history of Latvian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Latvian Language History. Latvian has no early forms. Latvian is the standard form of Latvian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Latvian Language.

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Latvian population

Latvian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Latvian language. Latvian language is spoken by 1.75 million people in the world. Most of the Latvian population lies in the Latvian Speaking Countries. Latvian language is spoken as first language by 1.75 million people and no total count of people speaking Latvian as second language. Get to know Latvian speaking population in detail.

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Latvian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Latvian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Latvian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Latvian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Latvian language

Check out all the information about Latvian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Latvian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Latvian Speaking Countries, Latvian speaking continents and Latvian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Latvian countries knowing common Latvian Greetings will help you in communicating with Latvian people.

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