1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Latvia
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sveiki
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Paldies
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Labvakar
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Labdien
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Labrīt
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Piedodiet!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Latvia
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.75 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
latviešu valoda
한국어 (조선말)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology