Latvian, also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region as the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia and one of the official languages of the European Union.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2023 estimate, native speakers in Latvia and abroad. Classification
Official Status Connections
Written In
Latvian is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Latvian Language
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Latvian, also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population used it as their primary language at home, though excluding the Latgale and Riga regions it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
lav
Infobox, Speakers
1.5 million (2023)
Infobox, Region
Baltic
Official status, Latvian entity page
It is the official language of Latvia and one of the official languages of the European Union.
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