Latvians
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Total population | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
c. 1.7 million[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regions with significant populations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latvia 1,187,891 (2021)[2][3]
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United Kingdom | 124,000 (2020)[4][5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States | 85,723(2019)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 53,000(2021)[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | 30,725 (2016)[9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 25,000 (2002)[10][11][12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | 23,233 (2021)[13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 19,933 (2016)[14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 18,979 (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 11,723 (2019)[15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 10,323 (2022)[16] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latvian Orthodox minorities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Balts |
Latvians (
History
A
The Latin form,
Genetics
Paternal haplogroups
N1c1a was present in 41.5%, R1a1a-M558 in 35.2% and I1 (M253) in 6.3% of the samples analyzed.[45] In lower levels, 2.5% of I2b (M223) and 0.6% I2a (P37.2) was found as well.
Culture
Influences
Latvians share a common language and have a unique culture with traditions, holidays, customs and arts. The culture and religious traditions have been somewhat influenced by
South-Eastern Latvia (Latgale), due to having a relatively large ethnic Russian population, has maintained a large Russian influence.
Religion
Most of the Christian Latvians belong to the
Language
Latvians' ancestral language, Latvian, has been recorded since at least the 16th century.[51] It developed into a distinct language by the 9th century. It is part of a distinct linguistic branch of Indo-European languages: the Baltic languages.
Another notable language of Latvia is the nearly extinct Livonian language, a member of the Baltic-Finnic sub-branch of the Uralic language family, which enjoys protection by law. The Latgalian language (a dialect of Latvian) is also protected by Latvian law as a historical variation of the Latvian language.[citation needed]
See also
- List of Latvians
- Demographics of Latvia
- Latvian Americans
- Latvian Australians
- Latvian Canadians
- Baltic people in the United Kingdom
- Latvian Swedes
- Latvian mythology
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External links
- Latvia. Lettish Life in Legendary & Modern Times by Florence Farmborough. In: Peoples of All Nations: Their Life Today and Story of Their Past. Vol 5 – pp. 3267-3296 (first published in 1920)
- Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 789–791.