The Sound of the Latvian language (Numbers, Greetings, Words, & Sample Text)

Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let’s learn different languages/dialects together. Special Thanks to Nauris Lukjanovičs :D Latvian / Lettish (Latviešu valoda) Native to: Latvia Region: Baltic Ethnicity: Latvians Native speakers: million (2015) Language family: Indo-European (Baltic) LATVIAN is an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around million or 62% used it as their primary language at home. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian; however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, wh