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Turkish and Latvian


Latvian and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Latvia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Sveiki   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Labdien   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Labrīt   

Please
lütfen   
lūdzu   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
France, Latvia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Lettish   

French Name
turc   
letton   

German Name
Türkisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1530   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Baltic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Latvian   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
lav   

ISO 639 3
tur   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Turkish and Latvian Speaking population

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Turkish and Latvian Language Codes

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