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Latvian vs Filipino


Filipino 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   
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   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language   
Tagalog Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Spanish Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Kumusta   

Thank You
Paldies   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?   
Kumusta   

Good Night
Ar labunakti   
magandang gabi   

Good Evening
Labvakar   
Magandang gabi   

Good Afternoon
Labdien   
Magandang hapon   

Good Morning
Labrīt   
Magandang umaga   

Please
lūdzu   
Mangyaring   

Sorry
Piedodiet!   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Uz redzēšanos   
Paalam   

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu   
Mahal kita   

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!   
patawarin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian   
Bikol   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Philippines   

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian   
Hiligaynon   

Where They Speak
Latvia   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,200,000.00   
11

Dialect 3
High Latvian   
Waray   

Where They Speak
France, Latvia   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,600,000.00   
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million   
99+
90.00 million   
17

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.75 million   
99+
45.00 million   
23

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
latviešu valoda   
filipino   

Alternative Names
Lettish   
Pilipino   

French Name
letton   
filipino; pilipino   

German Name
Lettisch   
Pilipino   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1530   
16th 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   
Filipino   

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   
fil   

ISO 639 2/B
lav   
fil   

ISO 639 3
lav   
fil   

ISO 639 6
not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
latv1249   
fili1244   

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a   
No Data Available   

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 Filipino Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Filipino language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino Language History.

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Latvian and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Filipino language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Latvian vs Filipino Difficulty

The Latvian vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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