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Latvian and Thai


Thai and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
24   
14
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   
47   
34

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Latvian and Thai 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 Thai dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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