Countries
European Union, Latvia
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
932
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2444
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Paldies
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Labvakar
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Labrīt
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
lūdzu
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Isan
Where They Speak
Latvia
Isan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Latvia
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Lettish
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
letton
thaï
German Name
Lettisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1530
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Latvian
Thai
Language Position
947
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
tha
ISO 639 2/B
lav
tha
ISO 639 3
lav
tha
ISO 639 6
lav
tha
Glottocode
latv1249
thai1261
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating