Latvians in Lithuania
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| Total population | ||||
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| 2,025 0.07% of the Lithuanian Population[1] | ||||
| Regions with significant populations | ||||
| Palanga,tiny population inVilniusandKlaipėda | ||||
| Languages | ||||
| Latvian,Lithuanian,Russian | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| Protestantism,Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Related ethnic groups | ||||
| Latvians,Balts | ||||
TheLatvian minority in Lithuania(Latvian:latvieši,Lithuanian:latviai) numbered 2,025 persons at the 2011 census, and at 0.07% of the total population ofLithuania,being the 9th biggest national minority.[2]The Latvian national minority in Lithuania has a long history.
According to the 2011 census, 46.2% of Latvians speak Latvian as their mother tongue, while Lithuanian is native for 27.8%, Russian - 14.6% of Latvians. 3.95% of Latvians are bilingual in terms that they have 2 mother tongues.[citation needed]
Cities with a relatively significant Latvian proportion:
- Palanga– 0.97%
- Naujoji Akmenė– 0.55%
Famous Lithuanians of Latvian descent[edit]
- Romualdas Ozolas,a nationalist thinker[3]
- Baiba Skurstene,a Lithuanian-Latvian singer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Lithuania census 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-09-23.Retrieved2013-07-29.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Ozolas, Romualdas (2007). "1973 12 13".Supratimai: parinktos 1956 - 2006 metų metafizinio dienoraščio mintys.Vilnius: Naujoji Romuva.ISBN978-9955-9768-4-4.
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