Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.
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.