Latvians
Baltic people, indigenous population of Latvia; also used for citizens or residents of Latvia
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Summary
Latvians is a human population[1]. Latvians draws 3,289 Wikipedia views per month (human population category, ranking #54 of 132).[2]
Key Facts
- Country of citizenship: Latvia[3]
- Native language: Latvian[4]
- Religion or worldview: Protestantism[5], Catholicism[6], Eastern Orthodoxy[7]
- Country: Latvia[8], United States[9], Ireland[10], United Kingdom[11], Canada[12], Brazil[13], Russia[14], New Zealand[15], Australia[16], Germany[17], Ukraine[18], Lithuania[19], Italy[20], Estonia[21]
- Instance of: ethnic group[22]
- Named after: Latvia[23]
- Subclass of: Eastern Europeans[24], Balts[25], inhabitant[26]
- Part of: Eastern Balts[27], Balts[28]
- Commons category: Latvians[29]
- Has part(s): Latgalians (modern)[30], Suits[31], Curonians[32], Semigallians[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Latvian people[34]
- Population: 2,000,000[35]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[40], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[41]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Latvian[42], Russian[43], Polish[44]
- Demonym: leton[45], letonă[46], letoni[47], letone[48]
- Native label: Latvieši[49]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[50], WikiProject Ukraine[51]
Why It Matters
Latvians has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Latvians is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]