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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. It belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family and it is spoken in the Baltic region.
Latvian language, East Baltic language spoken primarily in Latvia, where it has been the official language since 1918. It belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. (See Baltic languages.) In the late 20th century Latvian was spoken by about 1.5 million people.
Latvian is a Baltic language related to Lithuanian and Old Prussian with about 2 million speakers mainly in Latvia. It is a Statutory national language in Latvia and is spoken as a native language by 1.3 million people.
The Latvian language stands as a vital element in shaping our national identity. While the majority of Latvian speakers live in Latvia, the language has also found its place in various foreign cultures, including countries like Australia, the USA, Brazil, and Canada.
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.
Latvian (Latvian: latviešu valoda), is the official state language of Latvia. It is also called Lettish and Lettisch. [2] It is estimated, that there are 1.75 million native speakers in Latvia. [3]
Latvian is a language in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family. It has about two million speakers and is related to Lithuanian but the two are not mutually intelligible. Latvian often draws comparisons to Sanskrit and has preserved ancient words and characteristics thought to be close to the way the original Indo-Europeans spoke.