million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, spoke Latvian in the 2000s, before...

to learn all three languages. The reform was strongly opposed by both the faction of Latvian national communists [lv] and the Latvian public who believed...

volūda, Latvian: latgaliešu valoda) is an East Baltic language; it is sometimes considered a dialect of Latvian. The language law of Latvia classifies...

Latgalian language (a dialect of Latvian) is also protected by Latvian law as a historical variation of the Latvian language.[citation needed] Latvia portal...

the Constitution of Latvia form the foundation for language policy in Latvia, declaring Latvian to be the official state language and affirming the rights...

894 persons in Latvia reported Latvian as their main language spoken at home; 698,757 respondents listed Russian as their main language spoken at home...

Livonian as a lesser used language in Latvia – along with Latgalian – is represented by the Latvian Bureau of Lesser Used Languages (LatBLUL), formerly a...

Latvia (/ˈlætviə/ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes /ˈlɑːtviə/ LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia, is...

Latgalian language (variously considered a separate language or a dialect of Latvian) adds two extra letters to this standard set: Ō and Y. The Latvian alphabet...

acronym for Latvian Sign Language. The Official Language Law of 9 December 1999, which came into force on 1 September 2000, gave Latvian Sign Language a legal...

modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish Latvian cuisine Latvian culture Latvian horse Latvian Gambit...

subject–verb–object. Latvian has pre-nominal adjectives and both prepositions and postpositions. There are no articles in Latvian, but definiteness can...

practices and the later folk traditions of the Latvian people and pre-Christian Baltic mythology. Latvian mythology is used particularly as a tool for reconstructing...

The Latvian Riflemen (Latvian: Latviešu strēlnieki; Russian: Латышские стрелки, romanized: Latyshskie strelki) were originally a military formation of...

independence, the Latvian government re-adopted the traditional red-white-red flag. Though officially adopted in 1921, the Latvian flag was used in as...

could speak and write Latvian. The Latvian milieu of many towns was a good incentive for Russians to learn the Latvian language. 70% of Russian residents...

January 2026, all content created by Latvian public media (including LSM) should be only in Latvian or a language that "belongs to the European cultural...

The Curonian language (German: Kurisch; Latvian: kuršu valoda; Lithuanian: kuršių kalba), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians...

The Latvian Orthodox Church (Latvian: Latvijas Pareizticīgā Baznīca) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Latvia, part of the wider Eastern Orthodoxy community...

football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The first all-national Latvian championship...

The Latvian lats (plural: lati, plural genitive: latu, second Latvian lats ISO 4217 currency code: LVL) was the currency of Latvia from 1922 until 1940...

monopoly in the Latvian energy market; veto rights to any decision which could weaken the positions of the Latvian language. After the 2018 Latvian parliamentary...

Lithuanian language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Latvian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required), Standard Latvian language at Ethnologue...

basket (Lith. krepšys, Latvian ķocis), tevs – thin (Lith. plonas, tęvas, Latvian tievs), rebas – ribs (Lith. šonkauliai, Latvian ribas), a jebentas! –...

The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, Latvian: Latvijas Krievu savienība, Russian: Русский союз Латвии, romanized: Russkiy soyuz Latvii) (LKS) is a political...

independence, Latvian legislation again allows the giving of up to two given names and it has become more common to give a middle name to children. Latvian male...

Latvian Americans (Latvian: Amerikas latvieši) are Americans who are of Latvian ancestry. According to the 2008 American Community Survey, there are 93...

occupation of Latvia in 1940. This Law prescribes: Latvian language as the official language in accordance with the Constitution of the Latvian Soviet Socialist...

of Riga Latvian independence movement (1940–1991) Latvian diplomatic service (1940–1991) List of presidents of Latvia Prime Minister of Latvia Livonia...

The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia, LaSSR or simply Latvia, was de facto one of the constituent republics...