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Khmer and Latvian


Latvian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Paldies  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Labdien  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Latvia  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
1  
1
9  
9

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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

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Khmer and Latvian Speaking population

Khmer and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % 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 Khmer and Latvian on Khmer vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Latvian Language Codes

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