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Countries

Countries

European Union, Latvia
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Latvia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Latvian State Language Center
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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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Lithuanian Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2420
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sveiki
Salama!

Thank You

Paldies
Misaotra

How Are You?

Kā jums klājas?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Ar labunakti
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Labvakar
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Labdien
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Labrīt
Maraina tsara

Please

lūdzu
azafady

Sorry

Piedodiet!
Miala tsiny

Bye

Uz redzēšanos
Veloma!

I Love You

Es tevi mīlu
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Piedodiet!
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Livonian
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Latvia
Merina

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Middle Latvian
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Latvia
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

High Latvian
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

France, Latvia
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How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.75 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.75 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

latviešu valoda
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Lettish
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

letton
malgache

German Name

Lettisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈlætviən]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Latvians or Letts
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1530
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Baltic
Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Latvian
standard Malagasy

Language Position

984
1 120
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Signed Forms

Latvian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

lv
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lav
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

lav
mlg

ISO 639 3

lav
mlg

ISO 639 6

lav
mlg

Glottocode

latv1249
mala1537

Linguasphere

54-AAB-a
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Latvian and Malagasy Alphabets

Latvian and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Latvian and Malagasy. In Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Latvian and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Latvian and Malagasy languages. The Latvian phonology consist Latvian vowels and Latvian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Latvian greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Latvian and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Latvian and Malagasy Speaking population

Latvian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Latvian and Malagasy on Latvian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Malagasy Language Codes

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