Latvian, Standard
PrintA language of Latvia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
“Lettisch” (pej.), “Lettish” (pej.)
Population
1,190,000 in Latvia. Population total all countries: 1,272,650.
Location
Also in Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.
Language Maps
Language Status
1 (National). Statutory national language (1998, Constitution, Article 4).
Classification
Dialects
Tamian is a subdialect of the Central Latvian dialect.
Language Development
Fully developed. Bible: 1689–1995.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Christian.