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Latvian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

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
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

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
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
9  
9
84  
99+

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  
No data available  

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 Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Malagasy language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Malagasy Language History.

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Latvian and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Malagasy language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Latvian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.

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