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Latvian vs Madurese


Madurese vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Latvia  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

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.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Halo  

Thank You
Paldies  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
lūdzu  
tolong  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Pamit  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
letton  
madourais  

German Name
Lettisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[madura]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Madurese  

History

Origin
1530  
8th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Madurese  

Language Position
9  
9
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Madurese Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
mad  

ISO 639 3
lav  
mad  

ISO 639 6
lav  
-  

Glottocode
latv1249  
madu1247  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Madurese language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Madurese Language History.

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Latvian and Madurese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Latvian and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Madurese language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Madurese Difficulty

The Latvian vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Madurese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Latvian and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.

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