Latvian language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Latvian |
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| 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) 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 |
Latvian language (Latvian: latviešu valoda), is the official state language of Latvia. It is also called Lettish and Lettisch.
Images for kids
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In 1649 settlement of the Latvian speaking Kursenieki spanned from Memel (Klaipėda) to Danzig (Gdańsk).
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Dictionary of the Polish-Latin-Latvian languages by Georgs Elgers, published in Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1683
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Latvian Lutheran hymnbook in old orthography.
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The rarely used Latvian ergonomic keyboard layout
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See also
In Spanish: Idioma letón para niños
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