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Latvian and Malayalam


Malayalam and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Latvia   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
24   
14
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Paldies   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
lūdzu   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
India   

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
letton   
malayalam   

German Name
Lettisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1530   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Baltic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Latvian   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lv   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
mal   

ISO 639 3
lav   
mal   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
mala1464   

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   
Synthetic   

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All Latvian and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Malayalam Speaking population

Latvian and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Latvian vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Malayalam Language Codes

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