LTG ISO 639-3
Latgalian
Latgališu Autonym
A language of Latvia
- ISO 639
- ltg
- Alternate Names
- Latgaliešu
- Autonym
- Latgališu
- Population
- 200,000 in Latvia (2009 J. Eisaks).
- Location:
- Aglona, Baltinava, Balvi, Cibla, Dagda, Daugavpils, Kārsava, Kraslava, Livāni, Ludza, Preili, Riebiņi, Rugāji, Varakļāni, Vārkava, Viļaka, and Viļāni municipalities; Rezekne City; generally east of the Balvi–Pechory (Russia) highway.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Latvian [lav] and Lithuanian [lit]. A member of macrolanguage Latvian [lav].
- Language Use
- Also use Russian [rus]. Also use Standard Latvian [lvs].
- Language Development
- Literature. Newspapers. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1937.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Latgalian
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Aglona, Baltinava, Balvi, Cibla, Dagda, Daugavpils, Kārsava, Kraslava, Livāni, Ludza, Preili, Riebiņi, Rugāji, Varakļāni, Vārkava, Viļaka, and Viļāni municipalities; Rezekne City; generally east of the Balvi–Pechory (Russia) highway.
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