See soorce fer Latvie leid

{{Infobox language
|name= Latvie
|nativename= ''latviešu valoda''
|altname= Lettish<ref name="Lettish">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Lettish |title=Lettish |website=[[TheFreeDictionary.com]] |accessdate=2007-07-28}}</ref>
|pronunciation= {{IPA-lv|ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda|}}
|states= [[Latvie]]
|region= [[Baltic region|Baltic]]
|ethnicity= [[Latvies]]
|speakers= 1.75 million
|date= 2015
|ref= e18
|familycolor= Indo-European
|fam2= [[Balto-Slavic leids|Balto-Slavic]]
|fam3= [[Baltic leids|Baltic]]
|fam4= [[East Baltic leids|Eastren Baltic]]
|script= [[Laitin script|Latin]] ([[Latvie alphabet]])<br>[[Latvie Braille]]
|nation= {{flag|Latvie}}<br />{{flag|European Union}}
|iso1= lv
|iso2= lav
|iso3= lav
|lc1= lvs 
|ld1= [[Staundart Latvie leid]]
|lc2= ltg 
|ld2= [[Latgalian leid]]
|lingua= 54-AAB-a
|map= Latvian as primary language at home by municipalities and cities (2011).svg
|mapcaption=Uise o Latvie as the primar leid at hame in 2011 bi [[Admeenistrative diveesions o Latvie|municipalities o Latvie]]
|notice=IPA
|glotto= latv1249
|glottorefname= Latvian
}}
'''Latvie''' (''latviešu valoda'') is the offeecial state leid o [[Latvie]]. It is an aa sometimes referred tae as '''Lettish'''. Thare are aboot 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvie an aboot 150,000 abroad. The Latvian leid haes a relatively muckle nummer o non-native speakers, atypical for a sma leid. Acause o [[leid policy in Latvie]] aboot 1.9 million or 79% o the Latvian population speak Latvian.<ref>[http://www.vvk.lv/index.php?sadala=129&id=389 Dažādu tautu valodu prasme]{{lv icon}}</ref> The uise o the Latvian leid in various auries o social life in Latvie is increasin.<ref>[http://www.delfi.lv/archive/article.php?id=20135719 DELFI - Rihards Svelpe: Trîs veidi kâ pârdot Latviju starptautiski<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Latvian is a [[Baltic leid]] an is maist closely relatit tae [[Lithuanie leid|Lithuanie]], although the twa are no [[mutually intelligible]].

Latvian first appeared in Wastren prent in the mid-16t century wi the reproduction o the [[Lord's Prayer]] in Latvian in [[Sebastian Münster]]'s ''[[Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)|Cosmographia Universalis]]'', in [[Roman alphabet|Roman script]].

== References ==
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