Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
letton
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
1530
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Latvian and Ilocano 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 Latvian and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Latvian and Ilocano Speaking population
Latvian and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Latvian and Ilocano on Latvian vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Latvian and Ilocano Language Codes
Latvian and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Latvian and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.