Latvie Leid
Latvie (latviešu valoda) is the offeecial state leid o Latvie.
It is an aa sometimes referred tae as Lettish. Thare are aboot 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvie an aboot 150,000 abroad. The Latvian leid haes a relatively muckle nummer o non-native speakers, atypical for a sma leid. Acause o leid policy in Latvie aboot 1.9 million or 79% o the Latvian population speak Latvian. The uise o the Latvian leid in various auries o social life in Latvie is increasin.
| Latvie | |
|---|---|
| Lettish | |
| latviešu valoda | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda] |
| Native tae | Latvie |
| Region | Baltic |
| Ethnicity | Latvies |
Native speakers | 1.75 million (2015) |
Indo-European
| |
| Latin (Latvie alphabet) Latvie Braille | |
| Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in |  Latvie European Union |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | lv |
| ISO 639-2 | lav |
| ISO 639-3 | lav – inclusive codeIndividual codes: lvs – Staundart Latvie leidltg – Latgalian leid |
| Glottolog | latv1249 |
| Linguasphere | 54-AAB-a |
.svg) Uise o Latvie as the primar leid at hame in 2011 bi municipalities o Latvie | |
Latvian is a Baltic leid an is maist closely relatit tae Lithuanie, although the twa are no mutually intelligible.
Latvian first appeared in Wastren prent in the mid-16t century wi the reproduction o the Lord's Prayer in Latvian in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, in Roman script.
References
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