Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
lūdzu
  
sila
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
maaf
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
letton
  
malais
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1530
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
All Latvian and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Malaysian Speaking population
Latvian and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Latvian vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Malaysian Language Codes
Latvian and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.