Latvian language
Latvian (Latvian: latviešu valoda), also called Lettish or Lettisch, is the official state language of Latvia.[2] It is estimated that it has 1.75 million native speakers in Latvia.[3]
| 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)[1] second language: 500,000 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | 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.[4] Along with the Lithuanian language, Latvian is the only living Baltic language.[5]
Latvian Language Media
Distribution of the Baltic tribes, c. 1200 (boundaries are approximate).
- Curonians kursenieki in 1649.png
In 1649[source?] settlement of the Latvian speaking Kursenieki spanned from Memel (Klaipėda) to Danzig (Gdańsk).
- Dictionarium Polono-Latino-Lothavicum opus posthumum (Dictionary of the Polish-Latin-Latvian languages) by Georgs Elgers, Vilnius, 1683.jpg
Dictionary of the Polish-Latin-Latvian languages by Georgs Elgers, published in Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1683
- WIKITONGUES- Jānis speaking Latvian.webm
A young man speaking in Latvian
- Latvaldialekti.svg
Geographical distribution of the dialects in Latvia. Varieties of the Livonic dialect (Lībiskais dialekts) are in blue, the Central dialect (Vidus dialekts) in green, the High Latvian dialect (Augšzemnieku dialekts) in yellow.
- Bielenstein Atlas Karte VI.jpg
The first geolinguistic map of the Latvian language (1891)
- Latvian Ergonomic Keyboard Layout.png
The rarely used Latvian ergonomic keyboard layout
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - lav - kb - Art1.ogg
Recording of the first article of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Latvian.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code:lav". Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ↑ Praulinš, Dace (2012-03-12). Latvian: An Essential Grammar. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-34536-4.
- ↑ "What Languages Are Spoken In Latvia?". WorldAtlas. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑ Wright, Richard. "Latvian Alphabet". www.languagehelpers.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑ Campbell, George L.; King, Gareth (2020-07-01). Compendium of the World's Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-25845-9.
Other websites
| File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg | This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Latvian language edition. |
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- "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) Archived 2020-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Latvian for beginners
- ok-board.com Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Latvian online transliteration
