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Macedonian and Latvian


Latvian and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Latvia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
26  
16
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Paldies  

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

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Labrīt  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
lūdzu  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Livonian  

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

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Lettish  

French Name
macédonien  
letton  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Baltic  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
lav  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Latvian Speaking population

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Macedonian and Latvian Language Codes

Macedonian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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