Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Palihug
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Babay
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Lettish
  
French Name
cebuano
  
letton
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
16th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Cebuano and Latvian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Latvian language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Latvian Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Latvian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.