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Preferred term

ltgLatgalian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Latgalian language can mean one of the following: #It was a language spoken by Latgalians in a great part of the area which is now Latvia. Latgalian was a member of the Baltic group of the Indo-European language family. Historically the Latvian language is derived from Latgalian (with additions from a few other languages, e.g. Old Curonian, Semigallian and Livonian). #Nowadays it normally refers to a language spoken in Latgale, the eastern part of Latvia. Sometimes it is referred to as a distinct separate language, while others consider it to be a dialect of Latvian. This modern Latgalian developed as a result of two main factors: Latgalians having preserved more features of the archaic (tribal) Latgalian language than the other Latvians and Latgale being separated for several centuries from other parts of Latvia.

Entry terms

  • Latgalian language

ISO 639-3 code

  • ltg

Notation

  • ltg

In other languages

  • Latgalien

    French

  • Lettgallische Sprache

    German

  • Lingua latgalliana

    Italian

  • Língua latgália

    Portuguese

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http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ltg

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