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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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