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 Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Khmer language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Khmer Difficulty
The Latvian vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.