Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Swedish and Latvian Speaking population
Swedish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Latvian on Swedish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
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.