Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- 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".
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Labrīt
  
Please
pakiusap
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Lettish
  
French Name
tagalog
  
letton
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1593
  
1530
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Tagalog and Latvian Speaking population
Tagalog and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Latvian on Tagalog vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Latvian Language Codes
Tagalog and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.