Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Latvia
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
lūdzu
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
letton
  
thaï
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
1530
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Latvian and Thai Speaking population
Latvian and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Latvian vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Thai Language Codes
Latvian and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.