Countries
European Union, Latvia
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2424
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Hai
Thank You
Paldies
terima kasih
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Labvakar
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Labrīt
Selamat pagi
Please
lūdzu
sila
Sorry
Piedodiet!
maaf
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Livonian
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Pekal
Where They Speak
Latvia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
Musi
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
324
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Lettish
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
letton
malais
German Name
Lettisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Malaysian people
Origin
1530
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Latvian
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
954
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
msa
ISO 639 2/B
lav
may
ISO 639 3
lav
zsm
ISO 639 6
lav
may
Glottocode
latv1249
stan1306
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative