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Latvian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

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  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Hoy  

Thank You
Paldies  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
lūdzu  
Palihug  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Babay  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Bohol  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
southern Leyte  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
northern part of Leyte  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
letton  
cebuano  

German Name
Lettisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
1530  
16th 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  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
Not Available  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
lav  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Latvian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Cebuano language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Latvian and Cebuano Language History.

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Latvian and Cebuano 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 Latvian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Cebuano language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Latvian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Latvian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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