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Spanish and Latvian


Latvian and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Latvia   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Gracias   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Labrīt   

Please
Por Favor   
lūdzu   

Sorry
triste   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
adiós   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Lettish   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
letton   

German Name
Spanisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Latvian   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
lav   

ISO 639 3
spa   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Spanish 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 Spanish and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Latvian Speaking population

Spanish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Latvian on Spanish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Latvian Language Codes

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