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Latvian vs Thai


Thai vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
24  
14
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

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  

History

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
9  
9
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Latvian and Thai Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Thai language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Thai Language History.

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Latvian and Thai Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Thai language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Thai Difficulty

The Latvian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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