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Malaysian and Latvian


Latvian and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Malaysia   
Latvia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Sveiki   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Labrīt   

Please
sila   
lūdzu   

Sorry
maaf   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
France, Latvia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lettish   

French Name
malais   
letton   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1530   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Latvian   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
lav   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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All Malaysian and Latvian 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 Malaysian and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Latvian Speaking population

Malaysian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Malaysian and Latvian on Malaysian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Latvian Language Codes

Malaysian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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