Countries
Cambodia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- 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
Lao Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
209
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3324
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Sveiki
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Paldies
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Labdien
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Labrīt
Please
សូម
lūdzu
Sorry
សូរី
Piedodiet!
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Livonian
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Lettish
French Name
khmer central
letton
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Latvians or Letts
Origin
14
1530
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Latvian
Language Position
19
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
km
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
lav
ISO 639 2/B
khm
lav
ISO 639 3
khm
lav
ISO 639 6
khm
lav
Glottocode
khme1253
latv1249
Linguasphere
48-ACB
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic