Countries
Ukraine
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Ukraine
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
- 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Sveiki
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
Paldies
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Labdien
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Labrīt
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
Piedodiet!
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Podillian
Livonian
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Volynian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
Latvia
Dialect 3
Steppe
High Latvian
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Not Available
Lettish
French Name
ukrainien
letton
German Name
Ukrainisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Latvian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
ukra1253
latv1249
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ukrainian and Latvian Speaking population
Ukrainian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % 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 Ukrainian and Latvian on Ukrainian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ukrainian and Latvian Language Codes
Ukrainian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ukrainian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.