Latgalian

E616930

Latgalian is an Eastern Baltic language variety closely related to Latvian, traditionally spoken by the Latgalian ethnic group in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Latgalian canonical 2
Latgalian language 2
High Latvian 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Baltic language
language variety
regional language
closelyRelatedTo Latvian language NERFINISHED
country Latvia
ethnicGroupAssociated Latgalians NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Latgalian language NERFINISHED
Latgalian written language
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCaseSystem seven grammatical cases
hasCulturalRole marker of Latgalian identity
hasDialects Central Latgalian NERFINISHED
Northern Latgalian NERFINISHED
Southern Latgalian NERFINISHED
hasGrammaticalGender feminine
masculine
hasLegalStatus protected historical written variety of Latvian
hasLiteraryTradition Latgalian literature
hasMorphologicalFeature rich inflectional morphology
hasNumberCategory plural
singular
hasOrthographicStandard modern Latgalian orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct vowel system from Standard Latvian
palatalized consonants
hasRegulatoryBody Latgalian Language Commission of the Latvian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
hasStatus minority language in Latvia (de facto)
hasWritingTraditionSince 18th century
historicallyInfluencedBy Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
Polish NERFINISHED
Russian
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Latvian language (partially)
ISO639-3Code ltg
languageBranch Baltic
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
languageSubbranch Eastern Baltic
recognizedAs historical variety of Latvian
recognizedIn Latvian legislation
region Latgale NERFINISHED
spokenIn Latgale region NERFINISHED
eastern Latvia NERFINISHED
subclassOf Baltic language
Indo-European language
traditionalLanguageOf Latgalian ethnic group NERFINISHED
usedBy Latgalian diaspora communities
usedIn education (regional contexts)
local media
religious literature
usesAlphabet Latgalian alphabet NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latgale hasRegionalLanguage Latgalian
Latgale knownFor Latgalian
this entity surface form: Latgalian language
Proto-Baltic hasDescendant Latgalian
Latvian hasDialects Latgalian
this entity surface form: High Latvian
Lutsi dialect influencedBy Latgalian
this entity surface form: Latgalian language