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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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