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Latvian and Khasi


Khasi and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

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  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, 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
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  
-  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
-  

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

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Ka Ktien  

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

French Name
letton  
khasi  

German Name
Lettisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1530  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Khasi  

Language Position
9  
9
40  
37

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

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
lav  
kha  

Glottocode
latv1249  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Latvian and Khasi Speaking population

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

Latvian and Khasi Language Codes

Latvian and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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