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Latvia: Language Situation

I. Druviete

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UkrainianLatvianLithuanianAncient historyThe Republiclanguage.human_languageGeographylanguageEconomic historymedia_common.cataloged_instanceOfficial languageEuropean unionmedia_commonBaltic languages

description

The Republic of Latvia is one of the three Baltic states and a member of the EU. The official language is Latvian (Baltic group of Indo-European family of languages), spoken by approximately 2.3 million people. Several minority languages (Liv, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Belorussian, Romani) are also used in Latvia.

https://doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-044854-2/01806-x