Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.