Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
ND
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
ND
  
Please
lūdzu
  
ND
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
ND
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
ND
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
letton
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
1530
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Latvian and Khmer Speaking population
Latvian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Latvian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Khmer Language Codes
Latvian and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.