Countries
Thailand
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Lettish
  
French Name
thaï
  
letton
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1530
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Thai and Latvian 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 Thai and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Latvian language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Latvian Difficulty
The Thai vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Latvian 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 Thai and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.