Latgalian language

Latgalian
Latgalian
latgalīšu volūda
Native to	Latvia, Russia [citation needed]
Region	Latgalia, Selonia, Vidzeme, Siberia, Bashkiriya
Ethnicity	Modern Latgalians
Native speakers	200,000 (2009)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Baltic East Baltic Latvian? Latgalian; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Baltic ;
Writing system	Latin script (Latgalian alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ltg
Glottolog	east2282
Linguasphere	54-AAB-ad Latgale
	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
	This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda, Latvian: latgaliešu valoda) is an Eastern Baltic language, although it is sometimes considered a dialect of Latvian. The Latvian language law 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 8.8% of Latvia's inhabitants, or 164,500 people, speak Latgalian daily. 97,600 of them live 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.

[1] "Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda)". Omniglot. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[e25-2] Latgalian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[3] Latgalian language at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)

[language_law-4] "Official Language Law". likumi.lv. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[5] 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.

[6] "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.

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Latgalian
latgalīšu volūda
Native to	Latvia, Russia ^{[citation needed]}
Region	Latgalia, Selonia, Vidzeme, Siberia, Bashkiriya^[1]
Ethnicity	Modern Latgalians
Native speakers	200,000 (2009)^[2]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Baltic East Baltic Latvian? Latgalian
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Baltic
Writing system	Latin script (Latgalian alphabet)^[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ltg`
Glottolog	`east2282`
Linguasphere	`54-AAB-ad Latgale`
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
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.