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Latvian

 
Dictionary: Lat·vi·an   (lăt'vē-ən) pronunciation

adj.
Of or relating to Latvia or its people, language, or culture.

n.
    1. A native or inhabitant of Latvia.
    2. A person of Latvian descent.
  1. The Baltic language of the Latvians. Also called Lettish.

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Latvian or Lettish (lĕt'ĭsh), a language belonging to the Baltic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Baltic languages). The mother tongue of close to 3 million persons living chiefly in Latvia, Latvian first became that country's official language in 1918, the year in which Latvian independence was won. In the pronunciation of Latvian, stress is placed on the first syllable of a word. Grammatically, both nouns and verbs are highly inflected. Since 1922, Latvian has used the Roman alphabet (supplemented by several diacritical signs) for writing. The oldest surviving texts in Latvian date from the late 16th cent.

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See T. G. Fennel and H. A. Gelsen, Grammar of Modern Latvian (1980).


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a native or inhabitant of Latvia

Meaning #2: the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
  Synonym: Lettish


The adjective Latvian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language
  Pertains to noun: Latvia (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lettisk, letlandsk
n. - lette

Nederlands (Dutch)
Lets, Letlander

Français (French)
adj. - letton
n. - Letton

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lette, Lettisch
adj. - lettisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Λετονός, κάτοικος της Λετονίας
adj. - λετονικός, της Λετονίας

Italiano (Italian)
lettone

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - letão (m)

Русский (Russian)
латыш, латышка, латышский язык, латышский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - letón, de Letonia
n. - letón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lett, lettiska språket
adj. - lettisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
拉脱维亚人的, 拉脱维亚的, 拉脱维亚语的, 拉脱维亚人, 拉脱维亚语

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 拉脫維亞人的, 拉脫維亞的, 拉脫維亞語的
n. - 拉脫維亞人, 拉脫維亞語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 라트비아인[어]의
n. - 라트비아인 , 라트비아어

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ラトヴィアの, ラトヴィア人の, ラトビア人の, ラトビア語の, ラトビアの
n. - ラトヴィア人, ラトヴィア語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللاتيفي, أحد أبناء لاتفيا, ال, لغه ال (صفه) لاتفي, منسوب إلى لاتفيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לטבי, של לטביה‬
n. - ‮בן לטביה, לטבית (שפה)‬


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