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Swedish and Latvian


Latvian and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Latvia   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Sveiki   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Paldies   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Labdien   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Labrīt   

Please
vänligen   
lūdzu   

Sorry
ledsen   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
hej då   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
France   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Lettish   

French Name
suédois   
letton   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Baltic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Latvian   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
lav   

ISO 639 3
swe   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Swedish and Latvian Speaking population

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Swedish and Latvian Language Codes

Swedish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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