Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Not Available
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Madurese
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Lettish
  
French Name
madourais
  
letton
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
Not Available
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Madurese and Latvian 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 Madurese and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Latvian language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Latvian Difficulty
The Madurese vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Latvian 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 Madurese and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.