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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
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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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Thai Language

Derived From

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2427
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Paldies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Ar labunakti
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Labvakar
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Labdien
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Labrīt
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

lūdzu
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Piedodiet!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Latvia
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Latvia
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Central Lao

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

36
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Lettish
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

letton
lao

German Name

Lettisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Lao people

History

Origin

1530
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Latvian
Lao

Language Position

943
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
lao

ISO 639 2/B

lav
lao

ISO 639 3

lav
lao

ISO 639 6

lav
lao

Glottocode

latv1249
laoo1244

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Isolating

Latvian and Lao Alphabets

Latvian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Lao. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Latvian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Lao languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and Lao Speaking population

Latvian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Latvian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Lao Language Codes

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