Countries
Thailand
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lao Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
329
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4424
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Sveiki
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Paldies
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Labdien
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Labrīt
Please
โปรด (Pord)
lūdzu
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Piedodiet!
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Isan
Livonian
Where They Speak
Isan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Latvia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Lettish
French Name
thaï
letton
German Name
Thailändisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1283 CE
1530
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Latvian
Language Position
479
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
th
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
lav
ISO 639 2/B
tha
lav
ISO 639 3
tha
lav
ISO 639 6
tha
lav
Glottocode
thai1261
latv1249
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic