Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Latvian and Malayalam Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Malayalam language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Latvian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Malayalam Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.