Latvia

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Latvian, Standard

[lvs] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1998, Constitution, Article 4). 1,190,000 in Latvia. Population total all countries: 1,272,650.

Russian

[rus] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 862,000 in Latvia. 13,000 Jewish people.

Latgalian

[ltg] 4 (Educational). 200,000 in Latvia (2009 J. Eisaks).

Yiddish, Eastern

[ydd] 4 (Educational). 800 in Latvia.

Romani, Baltic

[rml] 5 (Developing). 8,000 in Latvia (1995 V. Zeps).

Latvian Sign Language

[lsl] 6a (Vigorous).

Liv

[liv] 8b (Nearly extinct). 15 (1995 V. Zeps). May be one speaker with full competence (Salminen 2007).