Indo-European family
Latvian
c. 700 CE – today Living
Latvian (c. 700 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Baltic → Proto-East-Baltic → Latvian.
See Latvian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.5M (1,500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- lav
- Glottocode
- latv1249
Absorbed Curonian, Selonian and Semigallian elements; strong Livonian (Finnic) substrate. Written from the 16th century.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Balticc. 1,500 BCE – 0 CE
- Proto-East-Balticc. 0 CE – 700 CE
- Latvianc. 700 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-East-Baltic.