Latvian is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian, although the two are not mutually intelligible, even in their written forms. Latvian first appeared in Western print in the mid-16th century with the reproduction of the Lord's Prayer in Latvian in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia Universalis, in Roman script.

Family Baltic Number of Speakers 1,500,000 Country/Area of Origin Latvia

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