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Latvian or Lettish (lĕt`ĭsh), a language belonging to the Baltic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Baltic languages Baltic languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-European subfamily to which the Baltic languages appear to be closest is the Slavic. ..... Click the link for more information. ). The mother tongue of close to 3 million persons living chiefly in Latvia, Latvian first became that country's official language in 1918, the year in which Latvian independence was won. In the pronunciation of Latvian, stress is placed on the first syllable of a word. Grammatically, both nouns and verbs are highly inflected. Since 1922, Latvian has used the Roman alphabet (supplemented by several diacritical signs) for writing. The oldest surviving texts in Latvian date from the late 16th cent. BibliographySee T. G. Fennel and H. A. Gelsen, Grammar of Modern Latvian (1980). Latvian the official language of Latvia: closely related to Lithuanian and belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Latvia update: The Latvians, surprise qualifiers for the 2004 European Championship, finished fifth in Europe's Group 3 in qualifying, going 4-5-3 with victories over only Luxembourg and Liechtenstein and finishing behind Baltic rival Estonia. When the time comes that Latvians from behind the Iron Curtain are allowed travel to the United States, Mirdza is eager to show off her new home. A recent newspaper story that reported on the suspension of military aid over the Article 98 dispute generated some 600 e-mail responses in a few hours from local Latvians, nearly all of which were anti-American. |
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