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Slovene and Latvian


Latvian and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
25   
7
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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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.

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Slovene and Latvian Speaking population

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Slovene and Latvian Language Codes

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