Latvian, Standard

LVS

national

Alternate Names: “Lettisch” (pej.), “Lettish” (pej.)

Dialects: Tamian is a subdialect of the Central Latvian dialect. A member of macrolanguage Latvian ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Baltic
Eastern

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.