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Latvian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

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   

History

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   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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Latvian and Malagasy Speaking population

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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.

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