Countries
European Union, Latvia
Laos
National Language
Latvia
Laos, Northeastern 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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Paldies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Ar labunakti
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Labvakar
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Labdien
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Labrīt
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
lūdzu
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Piedodiet!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Livonian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Latvia
Laos
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Latvia
Laos
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
latviešu valoda
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
German Name
Lettisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Lao
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
latv1249
laoo1244
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating
All Latvian and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Latvian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Lao Speaking population
Latvian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Lao on Latvian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Lao Language Codes
Latvian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.