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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Lettish
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
letton
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
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
Filipino
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Latvian language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Latvian Difficulty
The Filipino vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.