1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
1.9 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Azerbaijani Language
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
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Nasılsın?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Seni seviyorum
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Livonian
Azerbaijani Turkish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Latvia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA26,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Crimean Turkish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Latvia
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA480,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA140,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million75.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.75 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
Anatolian, Türkisch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Turkish
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Latvian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Turkish 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