Countries
Cambodia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- 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
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Labrīt
  
Please
ND
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ND
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ND
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ND
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Lettish
  
French Name
khmer central
  
letton
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
14
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
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
  
Khmer and Latvian 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 Khmer and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Latvian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Latvian Difficulty
The Khmer vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Latvian 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 Khmer and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.