Countries
European Union, Latvia
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Hoy
Thank You
Paldies
Salamat
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Labvakar
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Labdien
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Labrīt
Maayong Buntag
Please
lūdzu
Palihug
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
Babay
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Livonian
Boholano
Where They Speak
Latvia
Bohol
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Latvia
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
High Latvian
North Kana
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.75 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
latviešu valoda
Visayan
Alternative Names
Lettish
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
letton
cebuano
German Name
Lettisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Cebuano people
Origin
1530
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
962
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
lav
ceb
ISO 639 3
lav
ceb
ISO 639 6
lav
ceb
Glottocode
latv1249
cebu1242
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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