Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Slovak and Latvian Speaking population
Slovak and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak 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 Slovak and Latvian on Slovak vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovak and Latvian Language Codes
Slovak and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.