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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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