Language code: lv
Technical information about ISO 639 language code lv
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The table below provides technical details for the Latvian language, designated by the lv code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Latvian Native Latviešu valoda |
| Family | Baltic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central (Middle) LatvianHigh LatvianLivonian (Tamian) Latvian |
| Related languages | LithuanianLatgalian |
| Key facts | One of only two living Baltic languagesEmploys diacritics such as macrons (ā, ē, ī, ū) and carons (č, š, ž) to mark phonemic contrastsHas two grammatical genders and seven noun casesDisplays a three-tone system (level, falling, broken) on long syllablesModern Latin-based orthography replaced earlier German-influenced spelling in 1908 |
| Sample phrase | Sveiki, kā jums klājas? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-4, ISO 8859-13, Windows 1257, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
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Latvian belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Baltic subgroup. It is the official language of Latvia. It is written using the Latin script (Latvian alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 1.7 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
1.8M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Latvian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
lv-LV – Latvian (Latvia)
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- What is Localizely?
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- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ