Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
lūdzu
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
letton
  
malgache
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1530
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Latvian and Malagasy 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 Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Malagasy Speaking population
Latvian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Latvian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Malagasy Language Codes
Latvian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.