Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-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
Halo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Prosim
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Lettish
  
French Name
slovène
  
letton
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
972-1093
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Slovene 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 Slovene and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Slovene and Latvian Speaking population
Slovene and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene and Latvian on Slovene vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovene and Latvian Language Codes
Slovene and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.