Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Lettish
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
letton
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1521
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Romanian and Latvian Speaking population
Romanian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Latvian on Romanian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Romanian and Latvian Language Codes
Romanian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.