ACR Online Language Translators

     Translation for Immigration   Certification for Immigration   U.S. Immigration Information

Latvian Language

Latvian dialects, Latvian alphabet, Latvian orthography, Latvian language history and sources

About Latvian language

Latvian: Official language of the Republic of Latvia.

Number of Latvian Speakers: Two million.

Latvian Speakers: Also in the United States, Russia, Australia, and Canada.

Language Classification: Baltic branch of Indo-European language family.

Latvian Dialects: Two dialects, one for east and another for west.

Latvian Alphabet: It is composed of 48 letters.

Latvian Orthography: Current orthography is based on Roman alphabet and goes back to 1908. Subject-verb-object sentence structure.

"Free" instant quote for Latvian translation by email: translation@acrusa.net or call: 858-922-7724 or Fax: 480-247-5474

Latvian Language History: About 400 years. Latgalian orthography tradition exists in the Eastern part of Latvia.

Latvian Language Enriched by: Russian and Lithuanian.

Latvian Standardization Efforts: By mid 19th century.

Unique Features of Latvian: Latvian literary works flourished in the last decade quite rapidly.

For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Latvian language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background information on Latvian.

Need more information on Latvian?