Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
University of Sarajevo
  
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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
lūdzu
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
1530
  
19th Century
  
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
  
Bosnian
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Bosnian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Bosnian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Latvian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.