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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Baltic |
| Continent: Europe |
| Country: Latvia |
| Region: Also spoken in Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia (Europe), Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 1,394,000 in Latvia including over 500,000 Latgalians. Population total all countries 1,500,000 (1995 V. Zeps). |
| Countries Where Official: Latvia |
| Native Speakers: 1,394,000 |
| Speakers Total: 1,500,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 12 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 12 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 20 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 47 |
| Three Letter Code: LAT |
| Alternative Names: LATVISKA, 'LETTISH', 'LETTISCH' |
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| Summary: Tamian is a subdialect of Central Latvian. Latvians do not like the term 'Lettish.' National language. Grammar. Roman script. Christian. Bible 1689-1995. |
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