Language
Languages of Latvia
Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika. 2,261,100. 1,394,000 or 54.5% are Latvians (1994 V. Zeps). National or official language: Latvian. 24,695 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Belarusan (105,000), Estonian (3,000), Lithuanian (35,000), Polish (57,000), Russian (861,600), Tatar (5,000), Ukrainian (78,000). Information mainly from V. Zeps 1986–1995; A. E. Kibrik 1991; T. Salminen 1998. The number of languages listed for Latvia is 5. Of those, all are living languages.
[lav] 1,394,000 in Latvia. Population includes over 500,000 Latgalians. Population total all countries: 1,543,844. Also spoken in Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela. Alternate names: "Lettish", "Lettisch". Dialects: West Latvian (Central Latvian), East Latvian (High Latvian, Latgalian). Tamian is a subdialect of Central Latvian. Classification: Indo-European, Baltic, Eastern.
Latvian Sign Language
[lsl] Classification: Deaf sign language.
Liv
[liv] 15 to 20 (1995 V. Zeps). 8 coastal villages west of Kolkasrags in Kurzeme and a dispersed population elsewhere, mostly in Riga. Alternate names: Livonian. Dialects: Western Livonian (Kurzeme, Raandalist), Eastern Livonian (Vidzeme). Classification: Uralic, Finnic Nearly extinct.
Romani, Baltic
[rml] 8,000 in Latvia (1995 V. Zeps). Dialects: Latvian Romani (Lettish Romani), North Russian Romani, White Russia Romani, Estonian Romani, Polish Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] 40,000 in Latvia (1991). Alternate names: Judeo-German. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.
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Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika. 2,261,100. 1,394,000 or 54.5% are Latvians (1994 V. Zeps). National or official language: Latvian. 24,695 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Belarusan (105,000), Estonian (3,000), Lithuanian (35,000), Polish (57,000), Russian (861,600), Tatar (5,000), Ukrainian (78,000). Information mainly from V. Zeps 1986–1995; A. E. Kibrik 1991; T. Salminen 1998. The number of languages listed for Latvia is 5. Of those, all are living languages.
Living languages
Latvian[lav] 1,394,000 in Latvia. Population includes over 500,000 Latgalians. Population total all countries: 1,543,844. Also spoken in Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela. Alternate names: "Lettish", "Lettisch". Dialects: West Latvian (Central Latvian), East Latvian (High Latvian, Latgalian). Tamian is a subdialect of Central Latvian. Classification: Indo-European, Baltic, Eastern.
Latvian Sign Language
[lsl] Classification: Deaf sign language.
Liv
[liv] 15 to 20 (1995 V. Zeps). 8 coastal villages west of Kolkasrags in Kurzeme and a dispersed population elsewhere, mostly in Riga. Alternate names: Livonian. Dialects: Western Livonian (Kurzeme, Raandalist), Eastern Livonian (Vidzeme). Classification: Uralic, Finnic Nearly extinct.
Romani, Baltic
[rml] 8,000 in Latvia (1995 V. Zeps). Dialects: Latvian Romani (Lettish Romani), North Russian Romani, White Russia Romani, Estonian Romani, Polish Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] 40,000 in Latvia (1991). Alternate names: Judeo-German. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.
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