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Latvian Native to Latvia , Australia , Belarus , Brazil , Canada , Estonia , Germany , Ireland , Lithuania , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , USA , Venezuela ,Finland Region Europe Native speakers
native 1.39 million (Latvia ) 150,000 (Abroad) 1.54 million (Worldwide)[1] second language: 500,000 Roman script Official language in
Latvia , European Union Regulated by Latvian State Language Center ISO 639-1 lv
ISO 639-2 lav
ISO 639-3 lav
Latvian (Latvian : latviešu valoda ), is the official state language of Latvia . It is also called Lettish and Lettisch .[2] It is estimated, that there are 1.75 million native speakers in Latvia.[3]
The Latvian alphabet has 33 letters. The letters are based on the Latin alphabet .[4] Along with the Lithuanian language , Latvian is the only live Baltic language .[5]