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Latvian vs Filipino


Filipino 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  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Paldies  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Magandang umaga  

Please
lūdzu  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Paalam  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Philippines  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Waray  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Pilipino  

French Name
letton  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Lettisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Not Available  

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  
Filipino  

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  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
fil  

ISO 639 3
lav  
fil  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Latvian and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Filipino language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Filipino 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 Filipino Language History.

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

Latvian vs Filipino Difficulty

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

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