Countries
European Union, Latvia
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Halo
Thank You
Paldies
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Labvakar
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Labrīt
Selamat Pagi
Please
lūdzu
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Piedodiet!
maaf
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Permisi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Balinese
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
346
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
letton
indonésien
German Name
Lettisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Indonesians
Origin
1530
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Latvian
Indonesian
Language Position
956
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
ind
ISO 639 2/B
lav
ind
ISO 639 3
lav
ind
ISO 639 6
lav
ind
Glottocode
latv1249
indo1316
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative