Alternate Names: “Lettisch” (pej.), “Lettish” (pej.)
Dialects: Tamian is a subdialect of the Central Latvian dialect. A member of macrolanguage Latvian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,470,000 in Latvia (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 1,552,260. L2 users: 497,000 in Latvia (ELDIA 2012).
Language Use: 663,000 also use English [eng].
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1689–1995.
Spoken In: Latvia
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Latvia
Other Comments: Christian.