Countries
Countries
European Union, Latvia
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3323
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2414
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sveiki
Kumno
Thank You
Paldies
Khublei
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
thia sukh
Good Evening
Labvakar
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Labdien
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Labrīt
khublei
Please
lūdzu
Sngewbha
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Map
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
khublei
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
map a nga
Dialects
Dialect 1
Livonian
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Latvia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Latvia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million0.84 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million0.84 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
-9999
Alternative Names
Lettish
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
letton
khasi
German Name
Lettisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Khasi people
History
Origin
1530
-9999
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Khasi
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
kha
ISO 639 2/B
lav
kha
ISO 639 3
lav
kha
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
khas1269
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available