Countries
Philippines
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2533
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1824
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Latvia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Philippines
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Lettish
French Name
tagalog
letton
German Name
Tagalog
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1593
1530
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Latvian
Language Position
589
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
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
tgl
lav
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
-
Synthetic