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Maltese and Latvian


Latvian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Labdien   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Labrīt   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Ċaw   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Lettish   

French Name
maltais   
letton   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1530   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Baltic   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
lav   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Latvian Speaking population

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Maltese and Latvian Language Codes

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