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Latgalian
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historical variety of Latvian, sometimes considered a separate Baltic language
Latgalian is a historical variety of the Latvian language spoken in the Latgale region of Latvia, and some people regard it as a distinct Baltic language rather than simply a dialect. It matters because it represents an important part of Latvia's linguistic and cultural heritage, reflecting the country's complex history and regional diversity.
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Key facts
- Native to
- Latvia , Russia
- Region
- Latgalia , Selonia , Vidzeme , Siberia , Bashkortostan
- Ethnicity
- Modern Latgalians
- Native speakers
- 200,000 (2009)
- Language family
- Indo-European Balto-Slavic Baltic East Baltic Latvian High Latvian Non-Selonic Latgalian
- Early forms
- Proto-Indo-European Proto-Baltic
- Writing system
- Latin ( Latgalian alphabet )
- Iso 639 3
- ltg
- Glottolog
- east2282
- Linguasphere
- Latgale 54-AAB-ad Latgale
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural language
- Subclass of
- Latvian
- Country
- Russia
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- topic's main category
- Category:Latgalian language
- Commons category
- Latgalian language
- Wikimedia language code
- ltg
- writing system
- Latin script
- native label
- Latgališu
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 200000
- linguistic typology
- fusional language
- indigenous to
- Daugavpils Municipality
- female form of label
- la langue latgalienne
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Encyclopedic overview
Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda, Latvian: latgaliešu valoda) is an East Baltic language. The language law of Latvia classifies it as a "historical variant of the Latvian language". It is mostly spoken in Latgale, the eastern part of Latvia. The 2011 Latvian census established that 164,500 of Latvia's inhabitants, or 8.8% of the population, speak Latgalian daily. 97,600 of them lived in Latgale, 29,400 in Riga and 14,400 in the Riga Planning Region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Latgalian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.