Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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 unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
letton
  
madourais
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1530
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Latvian and Madurese 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 Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Madurese Speaking population
Latvian and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Latvian vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Madurese Language Codes
Latvian and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.