Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Lettish
  
French Name
malayalam
  
letton
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
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
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Latvian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Latvian Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.