Latgalian language
| Latgalian | |
|---|---|
| latgalīšu volūda | |
| Native to | Latvia, Russia |
| Region | Latgalia, Selonia, Vidzeme, Siberia, Bashkortostan |
| Ethnicity | Modern Latgalians |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2009) |
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Early forms | |
| Latin script (Latgalian alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ltg |
| Glottolog | east2282 |
| Linguasphere | Latgale 54-AAB-ad Latgale |
Use of Latgalian in everyday communication in 2011 by municipalities of Latvia | |
Latgalian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Latgalian (latgalīšu volūda, Latvian: latgaliešu valoda) is an East Baltic language. The language law of Latvia classifies it as a "historical variant of the Latvian language". It is mostly spoken in Latgale, the eastern part of Latvia. The 2011 Latvian census established that 164,500 of Latvia's inhabitants, or 8.8% of the population, speak Latgalian daily. 97,600 of them lived in Latgale, 29,400 in Riga and 14,400 in the Riga Planning Region.