Countries
Philippines
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Latvia
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Sveiki
Thank You
Salamat
Paldies
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Labdien
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Labrīt
Please
Palihug
lūdzu
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Piedodiet!
Bye
Babay
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Boholano
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bohol
Latvia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Latvia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
High Latvian
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Lettish
French Name
cebuano
letton
German Name
Cebuano
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
16th century
1530
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Latvian
Language Position
629
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
lav
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
lav
ISO 639 3
ceb
lav
ISO 639 6
ceb
lav
Glottocode
cebu1242
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data Available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic