Latvian language
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| 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 |
| 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 |
Latvian language (Latvian: latviešu valoda), is the official state language of Latvia. It is also called Lettish and Lettisch.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code:lav". Retrieved 2008-06-09.
Other websites[change | change source]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Latvian language. |
- "Latvian Language Law in English". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23.
- The Latvian Alphabet
- Examples of Latvian words and phrases (with sound)
- Latvian for beginners
- ok-board.com Latvian online transliteration
