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Latvian (endonym: latviešu valoda, pronounced [ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]), [3] also known as Lettish, [4] is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family and it is spoken in the Baltic region.
The Latvian language is an extensively inflected language, with complex nominal and verbal morphology. Word order is relatively free, but the unmarked order is subject–verb–object . Latvian has pre-nominal adjectives and both prepositions and postpositions.
Old Prussian, a Western Baltic language that became extinct in the 18th century, had possibly conserved the greatest number of properties from Proto-Baltic. [6] Although related, Lithuanian, Latvian, and particularly Old Prussian have lexicons that differ substantially from one another and so the languages are not mutually intelligible.
Whether the Latgalian language is a separate language or a dialect of Latvian language was a matter of heated debate throughout the 20th century. Proponents of Latgalian such as linguists Antons Breidaks [ ltg ; lv ] and Lidija Leikuma have suggested Latgalian has the characteristics of an independent language.
The East Baltic languages are less archaic than their Western counterparts, with Latvian being the most innovative Baltic language. Certain linguistic features of East Baltic languages are usually explained by contacts with their Baltic Finnic neighbours. It is believed that stress retraction in Latvian is a consequence of their influence.
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