Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
lūdzu
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
letton
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1530
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Tagalog language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Latvian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.