About the Latvian language

Latvian is the official language of Latvia. Some 1½ million of its population of 2¼ million speak Latvian as a native language, with a further 250,000 Latvian speakers living overseas.

Latvian is one of the two Baltic languages within the Indo-European group, the other being Lithuanian. The language of Latvia's northern neighbour Estonia does not belong to this group.

About Speak Latvian!

Speak Latvian! is part of the Speak Languages! series of websites, which aims to provide high quality learning materials for anybody who wishes to teach themself a foreign language.

We have not yet added any learning materials to this site. However, you will find a selection of books and software to help you learn Latvian in the Shop.

For more information, please visit the Speak Languages! homepage.