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Khasi and Latvian


Latvian and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Latvia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Latvian State Language Center  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
24  
14

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Khublei  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Labdien  

Good Morning
khublei  
Labrīt  

Please
Sngewbha  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Map  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
khublei  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
-  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
-  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
-  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Lettish  

French Name
khasi  
letton  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[ˈlætviən]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1530  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Baltic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Latvian  

Language Position
40  
37
9  
9

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
lav  

ISO 639 3
kha  
lav  

ISO 639 6
kha  
lav  

Glottocode
khas1269  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Khasi and Latvian Speaking population

Khasi and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Khasi and Latvian on Khasi vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Latvian Language Codes

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