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Russian and Latvian


Latvian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Latvia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic   
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Labrīt   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Lettish   

French Name
russe   
letton   

German Name
Russisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Baltic   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Latvian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
lav   

ISO 639 3
rus   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Russian and Latvian Speaking population

Russian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Latvian on Russian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Latvian Language Codes

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

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