ISO 639-3 · ltgltg
Indo-European family
Latgalian
latgaļu volūda
Latgalian is a language of the East Baltic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Latvia and Russia. Wikidata counts about 200,000 speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “historical variety of Latvian, sometimes considered a separate Baltic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ltg- Glottocode
east2282- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 57.00, 27.00
- Wikipedia
- 53 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Latgalian · latgaļu volūda |
|---|---|
| Also called | Latgalian language, Latgalīšu |
| All speakers | 200,000 (2009) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Latgalian
The branches above Latgalian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Latvia
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