Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Turkish and Latvian Speaking population
Turkish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Latvian on Turkish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Latvian Language Codes
Turkish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.