Latvian

Baltic language, official in Latvia and the European Union
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Latvian language
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Lettish
Lettish language
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latviešu valoda (latvian)
Latviešu valoda (latvian)
Latviski (latvian)
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latitude57
longitude24
precision1
number of speakers
1,500,000 ± 100,000
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ISOCAT id
775
Linguasphere code
54-AAB-a
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Latvian language
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Wikipedia creation date
3/8/2002
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Latvian (latviešu valoda [ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]) is an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% used it as their primary language at home. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian, however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, should be considered varieties or separate languages. Latvian first appeared in Western print in the mid-16th century with the reproduction of the Lord's Prayer in Latvian in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis (1544), in Latin script.
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Latvian Language
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Latvian (language)
Latviešu
Lettish language
Latviesu
ISO 639:lav
ISO 639:lv
Standard Latvian language
ISO 639:lvs
Latvian-language
Lettic language
History of the Latvian language
Standard Latvian
Livonian dialect
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ABS ASCL 2011 code
3101
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GOST 7.75–97 code
лаш 385
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IAB code
1130
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lv
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lv
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