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Preferred term

lvsLatvian language  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Latvian (latviešu valoda) is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language. Because of the language policy in Latvia about 1.9 million or 79% of Latvian population speak Latvian. The use of the Latvian language in various areas of social life in Latvia is increasing.

Entry terms

  • Latvian, Standard
  • Standard Latvian

ISO 639-3 code

  • lvs

In other languages

  • Lets

    Afrikaans

  • Gjuha letoneze

    Albanian

  • لغة لاتفية

    Arabic

  • Idioma letón

    Aragonese

  • Latış dili

    Azerbaijani

  • Letoniera

    Basque

  • Латышская мова

    Belarusian

  • Латыская мова

    Belarusian (TARASK)

  • Latvijski jezik

    Bosnian

  • Latveg

    Breton

  • Латвийски език

    Bulgarian

  • Letó

    Catalan

  • Pinulongang Leton

    Cebuano

  • 拉脱维亚语

    Chinese

  • Latviek

    Cornish

  • Latvijski jezik

    Croatian

  • Lotyština

    Czech

  • Lettisk

    Danish

  • Lets

    Dutch

  • لاتفى

    Egyptian Arabic

  • Latva lingvo

    Esperanto

  • Läti keel

    Estonian

  • Lettiskt mál

    Faroese

  • Finnish

  • Letton

    French

  • Lingua letoa

    Galician

  • ლატვიური ენა

    Georgian

  • Lettische Sprache

    German

  • Λεττονική γλώσσα

    Greek

  • לטבית

    Hebrew

  • लातवियाई भाषा

    Hindi

  • Lett nyelv

    Hungarian

  • Lettneska

    Icelandic

  • Latviana linguo

    Ido

  • Bahasa Latvi

    Indonesian

  • An Laitvis

    Irish

  • Lingua lettone

    Italian

  • ラトビア語

    Japanese

  • Letlandimiutut

    Kalaallisut

  • Латыш тілі

    Kazakh

  • Ikilativiya

    Kinyarwanda

  • Латыш кыв

    Komi

  • 라트비아어

    Korean

  • Zimanê letonî

    Kurdish

  • Lingua Lettonica

    Latin

  • Latviešu valoda

    Latvian

  • Lengua lettone

    Ligurian

  • Lets

    Limburgish

  • Latvių kalba

    Lithuanian

  • Lettsch

    Low German

  • Латвиски јазик

    Macedonian

  • Bahasa Latvia

    Malay

  • Latvish

    Manx

  • लात्व्हियन भाषा

    Marathi

  • Латвиень кяль

    Moksha

  • Látviagiella

    Northern Sami

  • Latvisk

    Norwegian

  • Latvisk

    Norwegian Nynorsk

  • Lettisc sprǣc

    Old English

  • زبان لتونیایی

    Persian

  • Lenga leton-a

    Piedmontese

  • Język łotewski

    Polish

  • Língua letã

    Portuguese

  • Litunya simi

    Quechua

  • Limba letonă

    Romanian

  • Латышский язык

    Russian

  • Latvian leid

    Scots

  • Летонски језик

    Serbian

  • Letonski jezik

    Serbo-Croatian

  • Łotewsko godka

    Silesian

  • Lotyština

    Slovak

  • Latvijščina

    Slovenian

  • Idioma letón

    Spanish

  • Swedish

  • இலத்துவிய மொழி

    Tamil

  • Латыш теле

    Tatar

  • ภาษาลัตเวีย

    Thai

  • Letonca

    Turkish

  • Латви кыл

    Udmurt

  • Латиська мова

    Ukrainian

  • Letišćina

    Upper Sorbian

  • لاتۋىيە تىلى

    Uyghur

  • Tiếng Latvia

    Vietnamese

  • Läti kiil

    Võro

  • Lineton

    Waray

  • Latfieg

    Welsh

  • Letsk

    Western Frisian

  • לעטיש

    Yiddish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/lvs

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