1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Latvia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Not Available
1.8 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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sveiki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Paldies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Labvakar
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Labdien
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Labrīt
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Piedodiet!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.75 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
latviešu valoda
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology