Language History
Latvian belongs to the Indo-European language family and is the one of the only two Baltic languages to exist today. Throughout the years of its development, Latvian blended Latgalian, Curonian, Semigallan and Selonian to become one. Despite many influences from other languages like German and Russian, it’s believed that the language hasn’t drastically changed in the last few hundred years.
The earliest Latvian texts were written in the Gothic script rooting back to the 16th century. The grammar of the language appeared in the 18th century and by the 20th century, the Latin alphabet was introduced.
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However, it is also used as a primary language by another 150,000 people worldwide.
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• Livonian – spoken in Northwestern Latvia
• Middle Latvian (basis of standard Latvian) – spoken in central and Southwestern and Northeastern Latvia
• High Latvian – spoken in Southeastern Latvia[/vc_pangea_custom_block][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1621805018797{margin-top: 50px !important;border-top-width: -50px !important;background-color: #f1f2f0 !important;}” el_class=”bg-grey”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1568124430434{margin-top: -60px !important;margin-bottom: -20px !important;}”][vc_pangea_custom_block layout=”center” title=”4 Easy Phrases in Latvian! “][/vc_pangea_custom_block][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1621805027508{background-color: #f1f2f0 !important;}” el_class=”bg-grey”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1592827934983{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_wp_text title=” “]
| Latvian | English |
|---|---|
| Sveicināti | Hello/greetings |
| Lūdzu | Please/you’re welcome |
| Paldies | Thank you |
| Labvakar | Good evening |
Latvia Population:
1,886,198
Internet Users:
1,663,739
Penetration:
87.1%
As of 2020. Source:
www.internetworldstats.com
• Latvian has 12 vowels – either short or long. The length of the vowel length is determined by the meaning of the word.
• There are two genders in the Latvian language – masculine and feminine.
• Latvian nouns are either singular or plural but sometimes dual.
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