Latvie leid

Latvie
Lettish
latviešu valoda
Pronunciation	[ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]
Native tae	Latvie
Region	Baltic
Ethnicity	Latvies
Native speakers	1.75 million (2015)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Baltic Eastren Baltic Latvie
Writin seestem	Latin(Latvie alphabet) Latvie Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Latvie European Union
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	lv
ISO 639-2	lav
ISO 639-3	lav–inclusive code Individual codes: lvs–Staundart Latvie leid ltg–Latgalian leid
Glottolog	latv1249
Linguasphere	54-AAB-a
Uise o Latvie as the primar leid at hame in 2011 bimunicipalities o Latvie

Latvie(latviešu valoda) is the offeecial state leid oLatvie.It is an aa sometimes referred tae asLettish.Thare are aboot 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvie an aboot 150,000 abroad. The Latvian leid haes a relatively muckle nummer o non-native speakers, atypical for a sma leid. Acause oleid policy in Latvieaboot 1.9 million or 79% o the Latvian population speak Latvian.The uise o the Latvian leid in various auries o social life in Latvie is increasin.

Latvian is aBaltic leidan is maist closely relatit taeLithuanie,although the twa are nomutually intelligible.

Latvian first appeared in Wastren prent in the mid-16t century wi the reproduction o theLord's Prayerin Latvian inSebastian Münster'sCosmographia Universalis,inRoman script.