Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Not available
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Lettish
  
French Name
ilocano
  
letton
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
  
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
ilo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Latvian language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Latvian Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.