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| Latgalian | |
|---|---|
| latgalīšu volūda | |
| Native to | Latvia, Russia [citation needed] |
| Region | Latgalia, Selonia, Vidzeme, Siberia, Bashkortostan[1] |
| Ethnicity | Modern Latgalians |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2009)[2] |
Early forms | |
| Latin script (Latgalian alphabet)[3] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ltg |
| Glottolog | east2282 |
| Linguasphere | Latgale 54-AAB-ad Latgale |
.svg) Use of Latgalian in everyday communication in 2011 by municipalities of Latvia | |
 Latgalian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda, Latvian: latgaliešu valoda) is an East Baltic language; it is sometimes considered a dialect of Latvian. The language law of Latvia classifies it as a "historical form of Latvian".[4] It is mostly spoken in Latgale, the eastern part of Latvia.[5] The 2011 Latvian census established that 164,500 of Latvia's inhabitants, or 8.8% of the population, spoke Latgalian daily. 97,600 of them lived in Latgale, 29,400 in Riga and 14,400 in the Riga Planning Region.[6]
- ^ "Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda)". Omniglot. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Latgalian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Latgalian language at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ "Official Language Law". likumi.lv. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Druviete, Ina (22 July 2001). "Recenzija par pētījumu "Valodas loma reģiona attīstībā"" [Review of the Study "The Role of Language in the Development of the Region"] (in Latvian). Politika.lv. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Tautas skaitīšana: Latgalē trešā daļa iedzīvotāju ikdienā lieto latgaliešu valodu" [Census: In Latgale, a Third of the Population Uses the Latgalian Language on a Daily Basis]. LSM.lv (in Latvian). 6 July 2012.
