ISO 639-3 · lavlav
Indo-European family · macrolanguage
Latvian
latviešu valoda
Latvian is a macrolanguage of the East Baltic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Latvia. Wikidata counts about 1.5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Baltic language, official in Latvia and the European Union”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lav- ISO 639-1
lv- Glottocode
latv1249- Family
- Indo-European
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 57.00, 24.00
- Wikipedia
- 175 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
SafeUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Latvian · latviešu valoda |
|---|---|
| Also called | Latvian language, Lettish, Lettish language, Latviešu |
| All speakers | 1,500,000 |
| Written in | Latvian alphabet, Latvian Braille |
| Official in | Latvia |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
UNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Latvian
The branches above Latvian, 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
belBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredvroSouth EstonianUralic · 80,000Definitely endangeredrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopinglslLatvian Sign Languageunclassified · 2,0005 · DevelopinglivLivonianUralic · 19 · DormantzkvKrevinianUralic