Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Latvia
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hai
Sveiki
Thank You
terima kasih
Paldies
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Labdien
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Labrīt
Please
sila
lūdzu
Sorry
maaf
Piedodiet!
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Lettish
French Name
malais
letton
German Name
Malaiisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 683 AD
1530
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Latvian
Language Position
549
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ms
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
lav
ISO 639 2/B
may
lav
ISO 639 3
zsm
lav
ISO 639 6
may
lav
Glottocode
stan1306
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic