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Latvian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Latvia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Paldies  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
lūdzu  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Montenegrin  

French Name
letton  
serbe  

German Name
Lettisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1530  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
srp  

ISO 639 3
lav  
srp  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
53-AAA-g  

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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Latvian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Serbian language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Serbian Language History.

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Latvian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Serbian language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Latvian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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