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Latvian vs Ilocano


Ilocano 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  
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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
41,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.14 %  
99+

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  

History

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  
94  
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  
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  

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Latvian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Ilocano language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Latvian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Latvian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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