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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
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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