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
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
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3325
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2418
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Latvia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Filipino
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Lettish
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
letton
tagalog
German Name
Lettisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Tagalog people
Origin
1530
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Baltic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Latvian
Filipino
Language Position
958
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
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
lav
tgl
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
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