Latvian language
Latvian (ISO 639-3 code lav) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia. It has about 1,750,000 speakers.
Latvian dictionary: 124,403 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Latvian dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | lav |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | latv1249 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia |
| Speakers (estimate) | 1,750,000 |
Latvian words
- aiziet
- arī
- ass
- asums
- atrast
- atstāt
- atvērt
- augsts
- augša
- balss
- bars
- beigt
- bet
- brīvs
- celt
- centrs
- ciets
- ciešs
- dabūt
- degt
- dot
- dziļš
- dzīt
- dzīvs
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- Polish45,000,000 speakers
- Ukrainian35,000,000 speakers
- Belarusian5,100,000 speakers
- Lithuanian2,800,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Talysh912,000 speakers
- Vlax Romani885,970 speakers
- Balkan Romani611,800 speakers
- Carpathian Romani472,470 speakers
- Sinte Romani318,920 speakers
- Baltic Romani58,460 speakers
More about Latvian
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.