Countries
European Union, Malta
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Malta
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- 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
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Lettish
  
French Name
maltais
  
letton
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1530
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
All Maltese 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 Maltese and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Latvian Speaking population
Maltese and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available 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 Maltese and Latvian on Maltese vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Latvian Language Codes
Maltese and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.