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Slovak and Latvian


Latvian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
38  
27
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
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
Ahoj  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Labrīt  

Please
Prosím  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Latvia  

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Latvia  

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
France, Latvia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Lettish  

French Name
slovaque  
letton  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1530  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Baltic  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Latvian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
lav  

ISO 639 3
slk  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
slov1269  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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