About Malay Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Malay is the official language of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also spoken unofficially in many parts of Thailand. You will be surprised to know that the native speakers of this language exceed 290 million. There are around 260 million people in Indonesia alone who speak Malay. Standard Malay has many different names. It is also known as Court Malay. Speakers find it easy to distinguish this language from others. Malay is written in the Latin script but Arabic script is also a huge part of it. However, this Latin script is more common among people of Malaysia and Brunei. Since the 17th century, this language is inspired by Dutch and Britain. Jawi script was also replaced by Rumi script that is now officially used for many purposes. Malay features many non-native consonants that are borrowed from English and Arabic words.
About Latvian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Latvian is known as Lettish and is a major Eastern Baltic language. It belongs to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region. Latin is the language of Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia and is one of the official languages of the European Union. Latvian is spoken by 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia. Around 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, is spoken by Latvian. It is a common language of 1.16 million or 62% of the population. It is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian. The Latvian was followed by more rapid development and was advanced. Latvian was introduced in Western print in the mid-16th century.
