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==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==
* Kalnins, Mara. ''Latvia : a short history.'' London, New York, NY: Hurst & Company, 2015. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/938018031 WorldCat].
*Kalnins, Mara. '''''Latvia : a short history.''''' London : Hurst & Company ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States, Canada, and Latin America by Oxford University Press, 2015. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/latvia-a-short-history/oclc/938018031&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Sarkanis, Alberts. ''Latviešu valodas dialektu atlants. Fonētika = The Atlas of the Latvian dialects : phonetics.'' Latvian: Latvijas Universitātes Latviešu Valodas Institūts, Rīga, 2013. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/859169298 WorldCat].
*Sarkanis, Alberts. '''''Latviešu valodas dialektu atlants. Fonētika = The Atlas of the Latvian dialects : phonetics.''''' Rīga : Latvijas Universitātes Latviešu Valodas Institūts, 2013. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/latviesu-valodas-dialektu-atlants-fonetika-the-atlas-of-the-latvian-dialects-phonetics/oclc/859169298&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
*[https://www.latvia.eu/society-lifestyle/language Discover Latvia Language (Latvia.eu)]
*[https://wikitravel.org/en/Latvia Latvia (Wikitravel)]
*[https://wikitravel.org/en/Latvia Latvia (Wikitravel)]


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Latvia Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
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Latvia Background
Local Research Resources

Description[edit | edit source]

  • The sole official language of Latvia is Latvian.
  • Another notable language of Latvia is the nearly extinct Latgalian – as a dialect of Latvian and is a historical variation of the Latvian language.
  • Russian, which was widely spoken during the Soviet period, is still the most widely used minority language by far (in 2011, 34% spoke it at home, including people who were not ethnically Russian).
  • While it is now required that all school students learn Latvian, schools also include English, German, French and Russian in their curricula.
  • English is also widely accepted in Latvia in business and tourism.
  • As of 2014 there were 109 schools for minorities that use Russian as the language of instruction (27% of all students) for 40% of subjects (the remaining 60% of subjects are taught in Latvian). [1]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Other useful word lists:

Latvian

Latgalian

Russian

German

French

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Latvian

Latgalian

Russian

German

French

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Latvian

Latgalian

Russian

German

French

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Latvia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia#Language, accessed 26 October 2021.
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