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Latvian and Malaysian


Malaysian and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Musi   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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