Lithuanian and Latvian
Countries
European Union, Lithuania
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Lithuania
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- 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.
Similar To
Latvian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Labanakt
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
Labdien
Good Morning
Labas rytas
Labrīt
Sorry
atsiprašau
Piedodiet!
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Latvia
Dialect 3
Curonian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Lithuania
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Lettish
French Name
lituanien
letton
German Name
Litauisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Baltic
Branch
Baltic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
latv1249
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Lithuanian and Latvian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lithuanian and Latvian Speaking population
Lithuanian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Latvian on Lithuanian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lithuanian and Latvian Language Codes
Lithuanian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.