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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
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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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