Latvian alphabet

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The Latvian alphabet is a Latin-based writing system adapted with diacritic marks to represent the specific phonetic sounds of the Latvian language.

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Label Occurrences
Latvian alphabet canonical 1

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
writing system
countryUsedIn Latvia NERFINISHED
direction left-to-right
excludesLetter Q
W
X
Y
hasBaseScript Latin alphabet
hasDiacritics yes
hasDiacriticType caron
cedilla-like diacritic
macron
hasLetter A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
Z
Ā
Č
Ē
Ģ
Ī
Ķ
Ļ
Ņ
Š
Ū
Ž
hasLetterCount 33
hasLowercaseLetters yes
hasUnicodeSupport yes
hasUppercaseLetters yes
language Latvian NERFINISHED
orthographyType largely phonemic
standardizedInCentury 19th century
usedFor writing the Latvian language
writingSystemType Latin script

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

Latvian usesAlphabet Latvian alphabet