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Latvian
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Latvia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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Latvian State Language Center

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2133
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Sveiki

Thank You

Misaotra
Paldies

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Labdien

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Labrīt

Please

azafady
lūdzu

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Piedodiet!

Bye

Veloma!
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Azafady
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Livonian

Where They Speak

Merina
Latvia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Latvia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
High Latvian

Where They Speak

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France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Lettish

French Name

malgache
letton

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

1000 AD
1530

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Baltic

Branch

Indonesian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Latvian

Language Position

849
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
lav

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
lav

ISO 639 3

mlg
lav

ISO 639 6

mlg
lav

Glottocode

mala1537
latv1249

Linguasphere

No data available
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Synthetic

Malagasy and Latvian Alphabets

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

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

Malagasy and Latvian Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Latvian Language Codes

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