Countries
Countries
Madagascar
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
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
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
High Latvian
Where They Speak
-
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Latvian
Language Position
849
1
120
👆🏻
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
-
Synthetic