Latvian Language: Baltic language, official in Latvia and the European Union
Latvian (Latvian: latviešu valoda), is the official state language of Latvia.
It is also called Lettish and Lettisch. It is estimated, that there are 1.75 million native speakers in Latvia.
| Latvian | |
|---|---|
| latviešu valoda | |
| Native to | Latvia, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Finland |
| Region | Europe |
Native speakers | native 1.39 million (Latvia) 150,000 (Abroad) 1.54 million (Worldwide) second language: 500,000 |
Indo-European
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| Roman script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Latvia, European Union |
| Regulated by | Latvian State Language Center |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | lv |
| ISO 639-2 | lav |
| ISO 639-3 | lav |
The Latvian alphabet has 33 letters. The letters are based on the Latin alphabet. Along with the Lithuanian language, Latvian is the only live Baltic language.
References
Other websites
- "Latvian Language Law in English". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- The Latvian Alphabet Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Examples of Latvian words and phrases (with sound)
- Latvian for beginners
- ok-board.com Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Latvian online transliteration
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