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Latvian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Latvia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
24  
14
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Paldies  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Dobré ráno  

Please
lūdzu  
Prosím  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Pardón!  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
letton  
slovaque  

German Name
Lettisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1530  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
slo  

ISO 639 3
lav  
slk  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Latvian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Slovak language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Latvian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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