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Latgalian

historical variety of Latvian, sometimes considered a separate Baltic language
Class type of: Latvian Q36212

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
dialect, natural language, modern language[5][6]
Country
Latvia, Russia[3][4]
Subclass of
Latvian
Coordinate location
🗺️ 57.000°, 27.000°
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9]
Ethnologue language status
5 Developing[17]
Female form of label
la langue latgalienne[16]
Indigenous to
Latgale, Balvi Municipality, Daugavpils Municipality[13][14][15]
Linguistic typology
fusional language[18]
Native label
latgaļu volūda, Latgališu[10][11]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
+200000[8]
UNESCO language status
2 vulnerable[12]
Writing system
Latin script[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Latgalian language en Latgalian en Latgalīšu ar اللاتغالية ar اللغة اللاتغالية cs latgalština cs latgalské nářečí da Letgallisk de Lettgallisch de lettgallische Sprache el Λατγαλικά es Idioma latgaliano fa زبان لاتگالی fi latgalli fi latgallin kieli fr latgalien he לטגלית hu latgal hu latgal nyelv id bahasa Latgalia
🔖 Identifiers · 14
GND ID
4120197-8
Ethnologue.com language code
ltg
Freebase ID
/m/05_3mh
Glottolog code
east2282
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2938464
IETF language tag
ltg
ISO 639-3 code
ltg
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
21191
Libris-URI
khwzxqc350fsbvs
National Library of Latvia ID
000085761
POSIX locale identifier
ltg
Topic's main category
Category:Latgalian language
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UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID
376
YSO ID
39436

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🔗 Connections
← Languages spoken, written or signed 5
Latgalians (modern), Alexei Trupp, Francis Trasuns, Juris Cibuļs, Gustaw Manteuffel
← Category combines topics 4
Category:Latgalian nouns, Category:Latgalian lemmas, Category:Latgalian verbs, Category:Latgalian adjectives
← Language used 4
Latvia, Latgale, Daugavpils Municipality, Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic
Instance of 3
dialect, natural language, modern language
← Language of work or name 3
Latgalian Wikipedia, jw.org, Latgalīšu Kulturys Gazeta
Belongs to 2
Latvian, East Baltic
Country 2
Russia, Latvia
Indigenous to 2
Latgale, Daugavpils Municipality
← Official language 2
Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, Principality of Koknese
← Original language of film or TV show 2
The Child of Man, The Sign Painter
Linguistic typology 1
fusional language
Subclass of 1
Latvian
Topic's main category 1
Category:Latgalian language
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Latgalian language
← FactGrid item ID 1
Joseph Meyer
← Native language 1
Latgalians (modern)
← SNARC ID 1
Rhosneigr
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Summary

Latgalian is a dialect[1]. Latgalian is a type of Latvian[2].

Related Entities

Latvia Russia

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  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 57, 'lon': 27}
    Country → —
    UNESCO language status → 2 vulnerable
    Subclass of → Latvian
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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