Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Labrīt
  
Please
azafady
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Lettish
  
French Name
malgache
  
letton
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Latvian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Latvian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.