Latvia Shopping, Embassy and Communication
Language Overview The official language is Latvian. Russian is widely spoken. Sometimes English or German is also understood, especially by younger Latvians. Latvian belongs to the Indo-European language family and is closely related to Lithuanian. Written, the two languages are similar and can be understood to some extent, but spoken they are so different that Latvians and Lithuanians cannot understand each other. It is written in Latin letters. Diacritics indicate the correct pronunciation of certain letters, e.g. an overscore indicates…
