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Latvian language

Latvian (latviešu valoda, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: [ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is…

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Dialects
Livonic · Middle · Upper Latvian
Ethnicity
Latvians
Glottolog
latv1249
ISO 639-1
lv
ISO 639-2
lav
ISO 639-3
lav – inclusive code Individual codes: lvs – Standard Latvian language ltg – Latgalian

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Latvian language

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples165
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
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Latvian language

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related to 20th century · 36
Latvian language → According, After, Alexander III, Another, As, At, Baltic, Byelorussian SSR, For, In, In Soviet Latvia, June, Jānis Endzelīns, Kārlis Mīlenbahs, Latin, Latvia, Latvian, Latvian Operation, Latvians, Lecropt
related to External links · 21
Latvian language → December, English, English Dictionary, EnglishOverview, January, Language Commission, Language Law, Languages, Latvian, Latvian Archived, Latvian Language Training Archived, Live Latvian-language, Official, State, Swadesh, The Rosetta EditionNational Agency, Wayback MachineExamples, Wayback MachineLatvian, Webster's Online Dictionary, Wiktionary's Swadesh-list
related to 19th century · 19
Latvian language → According, Baltic Germans, Courland, Czar Alexander III, First Latvian National Awakening, German, German Lutheran, Governorate, However, Imperial Russian Census, In, Latvian, Latvian-speakers, Latvianization, Livonia, Participants, Russification, Until, Young Latvians
related to High Latvian dialect · 17
Latvian language → Eastern Latvia, High Latvian, However, It, Latgale, Latgalians, Latgalic, Latvia's, Latvian, Non-Selonic, Selonic, Standard Latgalian, The, The Latvian Government, There, Vidzeme, While
related to Non-native speakers · 16
Latvian language → As, Belarusians, Fluency, In, Latvia, Latvian, Latvian Germans, Latvian Jews, Latvian Language Agency, Latvian Russians, Poles, Russian, Russians, Soviet Union, The, Ukrainians
related to Latvian on computers · 14
Latvian language → AltGr, In, It, Latvian, Latvian QWERTY, Linux, LVS, Nowadays, QWERTY, Some, US, Windows, X11R6, XP
related to history · 9
Latvian language → Georg Mancelius, Johans Georgs Rehehūzens, Latin, Latvian, Lettus, Manual, Manuductio, Riga, The
related to Old orthography · 9
Latvian language → Consonants, Georg Mancelius, German, He, In, Initially, Latvian, Latvians, The
Language family · 4
Latvian language → BalticEast BalticLatvian, Balto-SlavicBalticEast BalticLatvian, East BalticLatvian, Latvian
Dialects · 3
Latvian language → Livonic, Middle, Upper Latvian

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latvian language latvia standard baltic used also dialect languages orthography letters varieties two first spoken loanwords official example century latgalian

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Latvian languageDialectsLivonic1.00infobox
Latvian languageDialectsMiddle1.00infobox
Latvian languageDialectsUpper Latvian1.00infobox
Latvian languageEthnicityLatvians1.00infobox
Latvian languageGlottologlatv12491.00infobox
Latvian languageISO 639-1lv1.00infobox
Latvian languageISO 639-2lav1.00infobox
Latvian languageISO 639-3lav – inclusive code Individual codes: lvs – Standard Latvian language ltg – Latgalian1.00infobox
Latvian languageLanguage familyBalto-SlavicBalticEast BalticLatvian1.00infobox
Latvian languageLanguage familyBalticEast BalticLatvian1.00infobox
Latvian languageLanguage familyEast BalticLatvian1.00infobox
Latvian languageLanguage familyLatvian1.00infobox
Latvian languageLinguasphere54-AAB-a1.00infobox
Latvian languageNative speakers1.5 million (2023)1.00infobox
Latvian languageNative toLatvia1.00infobox
Latvian languageOfficial language inLatvia European Union1.00infobox
Latvian languagePronunciation[ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]1.00infobox
Latvian languageRegionBaltic1.00infobox
Latvian languageWriting systemLatin (Latvian alphabet) Latvian Braille1.00infobox
Latvian languageis ashort0.90text

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