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LATVIAN

or Lettishlĕtˈĭsh, a language belonging to the Baltic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Baltic languages). The mother tongue of close to 3 million persons living chiefly in Latvia, Latvian first became that country's official language in 1918, the year in which Latvian independence was won. In the pronunciation of Latvian, stress is placed on the first syllable of a word. Grammatically, both nouns and verbs are highly inflected. Since 1922, Latvian has used the Roman alphabet (supplemented by several diacritical signs) for writing. The oldest surviving texts in Latvian date from the late 16th cent.

See T. G. Fennel and H. A. Gelsen, Grammar of Modern Latvian (1980).

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books on: Latvian - 1485 results

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Latvian-Russian Relations: Documents
Book by Alfred Bilmanis; The Latvian Legation, 1944
Subjects:	Latvia--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Latvia
by the Latvian S.S.R. in accordance with Articles 13 and 19 of the Constitution of the Latvian S.S.R., to the extent that on the basis...within the competence of the organs of the Latvian S.S.R. subordinate to the Supreme Soviet...

Baltic Postcolonialism
Book by Violeta Kelertas; Rodopi, 2006
Subjects:	Baltic Literature--History And Criticism, Baltic States--Literatures--History And Criticism, Decolonization In Literature, Estonian Literature--History And Criticism, Latvian Literature--History And Criticism, Lithuanian Literature--History And Criticism, Nationalism And Literature--Baltic States--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism In Literature, Postcolonialism--Baltic States
...still some slight chance of reestablishing Latvian independence. This ambivalence toward...lyrical love relationship with a young Latvian soldier in the German army before a chronic...novel does not dwell much on the first Latvian independence period (1918-1940...

Latvia in World War II
Book by Valdis O. Lumans; Fordham University Press, 2006
Subjects:	Latvia--History--German Occupation, 1941-1944, Latvia--History--Soviet Occupation, 1940-1941, World War, 1939-1945--Latvia
...refugees, 349 Soviet deportations, 137-38, 159 Latvian Peoples Army, 44, 129-33 Latvian Peoples Government, 98-102 agriculture, 126...i35, 2z4 incorporation, io6-9; 122-23 Latvian Problem, 184-85, 272-73 Latvian i2th...

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 6
Book by Keith Brown, Anne H. Anderson, Laurie Bauer, Margie Berns, Graeme Hirst, Jim Miller; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects:	Language And Languages--Encyclopedias, Linguistics--Encyclopedias
...the third person. Peculiar to Latvian, from a Baltic perspective...I must go. Like Lithuanian, Latvian uses a preposed adnominal genitive: latvieszr ualoda (of-Latvians language = Latvian language). The lexicon has...

Soviet Treaty Series: A Collection of Bilateral Treaties, Agreements and Conventions, Etc., Concluded between the Soviet Union and Foreign Powers - Vol. 1
Book by Leonard Shapiro; Georgetown University Press, 1950
Subjects:	Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Treaties, Treaties--Collections
now forms part of the Latvian state. d. Wives residing in the territory of R.S.F.S.R. of Latvian nationals who remained in Latvia, and...Note. Refugees may prove their right to Latvian nationality by means of the documents enumerated...

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journal articles on: Latvian - 352 results

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Cultural Nationalism in Exile: The Case of Polish and Latvian Displaced Persons
Journal article by Laura Hilton; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects:	Latvians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Latvians--History, Nationalism--History, Poles (European people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Poles (European people)--History, Poles--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Poles--History, Postwar society--History, Refugees--History, Repatriation--History, World War II, 1939-1945
...of the 150,000 Latvians who served in the Latvian Legion made their...Like the "Young Latvians," Latvian DPs sought to preserve...For instance, the Latvian Red Cross proclaimed indignantly that "Latvians have never been nazis...

Theorizing Latvian Lives: The Quest for Identity
Journal article by Vieda Skultans; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 3, 1997
Subjects:	Latvia--History, Latvians--Personal narratives
...family, like other Latvians, saw themselves...temporary asylum. Latvian children were groomed...but also to offer Latvians a common identity. Indeed, the Latvian Oral History Project...of behaving and Latvian ways. Latvians live in separate...

Silvija D. Meija. Latvians in Michigan
Journal article by Guntis Smidchens; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 35, 2009
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Latvians in Michigan (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...cultural activities: Latvians built churches and...dance groups, and Latvian-speaking Boy Scouts...purpose of maintaining Latvian heritage. Little...in English about Latvians in North America...fill this gap. Latvians in Michigan concentrates...the second wave of Latvian immigration...

Imperative in Interrogatives in Estonian (Kihnu), Latvian and Livonian
Journal article by Petar Kehayov, Liina Lindstrom, Ellen Niit; Linguistica Uralica, Vol. 47, 2011
Subjects:	Language and languages--Research, Morphemics--Research
...Interrogatives in Estonian (Kihnu), Latvian and Livonian. by Petar Kehayov , Liina...Introduction The existing research on Estonian-Latvian linguistic contact in the area of syntax...dialect), in standard and colloquial Latvian and in the Kuronian dialect of Livonian...

Trends and Priorities in the Development of the Latvian Banking Services in the Context of Emerging Knowledge Based Economy: Case of & Banking
Journal article by Valters Kaze, Ilona Baumane, Erika Sumilo, Roberts Skapars; Trames, Vol. 11, 2007
...and Priorities in the Development of the Latvian Banking Services in the Context of Emerging...Retail sector is a dominating branch in Latvian service industry. However, a special...knowledge-based economy on changes in Latvian banking sector, Latvian financial market...

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Latvian Opera in the Albert Hall
Magazine article by George Hall; Musical Opinion, Vol. 122, Autumn 1998
Latvian Opera in the Albert Hall by George Hall LATVIAN OPERA IN THE ALBERT HALL The Latvian National Operas visit to Londons Royal Albert Hall on 19 September suffered from the limitations of that venue for the purposes of full-scale staged opera...

Riga: Hansa City at the Baltic Crossroads: Neil Taylor Discusses How Political Change Has Left Its Mark on the Latvian Capital's Town Hall Square
Magazine article by Neil Taylor; History Today, Vol. 58, October 2008
Subjects:	Architecture--Evaluation, Cities and towns--Buildings and facilities, Cities and towns--Design and construction, Riga, Latvia (County)--Buildings and facilities, Riga, Latvia (County)--History
...Its Mark on the Latvian Capitals Town Hall...Riga been taken by Latvians for Latvians. However...Certainly several crack Latvian regiments had helped...helped to reconcile Latvians to the loss of their...in 1991 did the Latvians feel the need to give the square a Latvian face. The German...

Where De Sade and the SS Live On
Magazine article by Mark Almond; New Statesman, Vol. 133, September 20, 2004
Subjects:	Latvia--Political aspects, Latvia--Social aspects, Latvian history--Analysis
...has recently been inaugurated; here, Latvian members of Heinrich Himmlers elite force...become a place of pilgrimage, to which Latvian soldiers are taken for pep talks before...Judging from the rate at which some Latvians are putting up monuments to their SS...

Letter from Latvia: In the Baltic Nation, Directors Mull on the Everyday for Spiritual Effects
Magazine article by Eliza Bent; American Theatre, Vol. 26, May-June 2009
Subjects:	Latvia--History, Latvia--Social aspects, Russian culture--Influence, Theater--Social aspects, Theatrical directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Theatrical producers and directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...periods of time. On Nov. 18, 1918, Latvians declared their sovereignty at the...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED "After World War II Latvian theatre was subjected to ideological...Russians make up the majority of non-Latvians living in Latvia, at 29 percent...

An American Writer, Lost (and Found) in Latvia
Magazine article by James Still; American Theatre, Vol. 17, November 2000
Subjects:	Dramatists--Personal narratives, Latvia--Description and travel, Still, James--Personal narratives
...people living here are Latvians. Of the 16 schools in Daugavpils, only two are Latvian-speaking. The rest...people over 30 cant speak Latvian. During the Soviet...particularly tender issue with Latvians, who were forced to...went into effect making Latvian the official language...

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newspaper articles on: Latvian - 1961 results

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I Advertised on a String of Latvian Websites. in All, I Was Offered 18 Airline Tickets to Come to Ireland and Go through a Sham Marriage; EXCLUSIVE: How This Undercover Reporter Exposed the Horrifying Extent of the Trade in Fake Weddings in Dublin. and Why She Can't Believe Our Authorities Allow It to Carry On
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 17, 2010
Subjects:	Advertising--Personal narratives, Airlines--Personal narratives, Journalists--Personal narratives, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Personal narratives, Web sites--Personal narratives, Weddings--Personal narratives
I Advertised on a String of Latvian Websites. in All, I Was Offered 18...adrenaline as I drove to the small Latvian village, steeling myself for the role...which arranges sham marriages between Latvian women and Asian men in Ireland who...

The Unedifying Truth about the Latvian 'Slaves' Who Were Last Week 'Rescued by Gardai from Sham Marriage'; Gullible Media Labelled Them Innocent Victims of a Trafficking Gang. but the Two Women 'Saved' on Monday Tell the MoS That They Were Part of a Fake Marriage Scam and Were Only Locked Up after They Tried to Double-Cross Their Marriage Fixer
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 31, 2010
...There were also two other Latvian girls living with us, married...airport. He made some calls to a Latvian girl, Inta, who co-operated...marriages. We hoped to find some Latvians who would help us. We tried...a search for the pair. The Latvian police called numbers provided...

Latvians Can't Cope with Brit Stag Parties-So Who Do They Call? Welsh Cops of Course! EXCLUSIVE
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), January 11, 2009
Latvians Cant Cope with Brit Stag Parties...Wales. Authorities in the Latvian capital of Riga contacted...Wales. At the request of the Latvian Embassy, two officers usually...They will be giving the Latvian police advice on how to stop...

Latvian Goes on the Run
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), December 1, 2008
Latvian Goes on the Run. Byline: by MICHELLE FIDDLER LUKE TRAYNOR THIS is the Latvian man police want to speak to over the rape of a...fled the area in a bid to escape being caught. A Latvian woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting...

Latvian Welcome with a Very Elaborate Menu; Business Lunch
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 28, 2006
Latvian Welcome with a Very Elaborate Menu; Business...crooning in the background as the Monros Latvian waitress turned to us, as she was writing...complaining. I wouldnt even know what the Latvian for strawberry was never mind how to spell...

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encyclopedia articles on: Latvian - 16 results

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Latvian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LATVIAN or Lettish let ish, a language belonging to...3 million persons living chiefly in Latvia, Latvian first became that countrys official language in 1918, the year in which Latvian independence was won. In the pronunciation of...

Latvia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Latgalians (both widely known as Latvians). About 30% of the people...and Lithuanian minorities. Latvian is the official language...citizenship in order to favor Latvians and other Balts over ethnic...noncitizens in 2005, and the Latvian language requirement for naturalization...

Riga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...site of a university (est. 1919), the Latvian Academy of Sciences (1946), and numerous...1940, Riga was made the capital of the Latvian SSR. During World War II the city was...army. The Soviet Union encouraged non-Latvian migration to the city. By 1975 less than...

Baltic Languages
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Baltic Sea. The principal ones are Latvian (or Lettish) and Lithuanian (together...further division into East Baltic (to which Latvian and Lithuanian belong) and West Baltic...had become fairly numerous. See also Latvian , Lithuanian , Indo-European . See T...

Zatlers, Valdis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ZATLERS, VALDIS val dis zat lers, 1955 , Latvian physician and political leader. A graduate...was limited to cofounding (1988) the Latvian Popular Front, which was active in obtaining...and he was subsequently elected by the Latvian parliament...

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